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Ilie Nastase def. Adriano Panatta

6-3 7-6 5-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 1973*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-3 7-6 5-7 6-1
Loser	Adriano Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Adriano Panatta
Country	ROU	ITA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Jul 9, 1950
Age	26	22
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,132	1,947
Career W-L	859–331	379–226
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 2 – 1 Adriano Panatta

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1973	SF	Patrick Proisy	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1973	QF	Jacques Thamin	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1973	R16	Ian Fletcher	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1973	R32	Piero Toci	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Adriano Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1973	SF	Manuel Orantes	6-4 4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1973	QF	Juan Gisbert	UNK	W	—	Match data
Apr 27, 1973	R16	Patrice Dominguez	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1973	R32	Nicola Spear	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data