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Jimmy Connors def. Ilie Nastase

4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1973*
Tournament	Hampton
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 19, 1946
Age	20	26
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,060	2,102
Career W-L	1,262–294	859–331
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 8 Ilie Nastase

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1973	SF	Paul Gerken	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1973	QF	Jurgen Fassbender	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1973	R16	Peter Szoke	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1973	R32	Byron Bertram	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1973	SF	Mike Estep	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1973	QF	Sherwood Stewart	6-4 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data
Mar 7, 1973	R16	Pat Cramer	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1973	R32	Zan Guerry	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data