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Ilie Nastase #15 def. Tom Gullikson

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 5, 1978*
Tournament	Miami
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Tom Gullikson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Tom Gullikson
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 8, 1951
Age	31	26
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,005	1,747
Career W-L	859–331	—
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$889,492

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 2 – 0 Tom Gullikson

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 1978	SF	Brian Teacher	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 1978	QF	Van Winitsky	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1978	R16	Charlie Pasarell	6-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1978	R32	Rick Fagel	4-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tom Gullikson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 1978	SF	Dick Crealy	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Mar 4, 1978	QF	Bjorn Borg	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 3, 1978	R16	Gene Mayer	7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
Mar 2, 1978	R32	John James	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data