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I. Nastase#50 def. J. Kriek#35

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 1980*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	J. Kriek

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	J. Kriek
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Apr 5, 1958
Age	33	21
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	50	35
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,798	1,881
Career W-L	859–331	380–223
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$2,383,794

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 1 – 0 J. Kriek

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1980	R32	T. Garcia	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1980	QF	B. Walts	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Kriek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1980	R32	J. Bailey	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data