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Ilie Nastase #10 def. Mark Cox #28

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Mark Cox

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Mark Cox
Country	ROU	GBR
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Jul 5, 1943
Age	31	34
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,827
Career W-L	859–331	408–274
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 4 – 1 Mark Cox

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	Roscoe Tanner	1-6 7-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	Tom Leonard	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data