QF Mexico City Wct 1977

Ilie Nastase #4 def. Cliff Drysdale #19

6-4 6-4

Ilie Nastase defeated Cliff Drysdale 6-4 6-4 in the 1977 Mexico City Wct quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 12, 1977*
Tournament: Mexico City Wct
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Cliff Drysdale
Country	ROU	RSA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	May 26, 1941
Age	30	35
Height	183 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	19
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,141	1,914
Current career W-L	860–330	397–251
Current career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase #4 3 – 1 Cliff Drysdale #19

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Luis Baraldi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 1977	R16

Ilie Nastase's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Adriano Panatta #9	5-7 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 12, 1977	SF

Cliff Drysdale's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ross Case #43	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 1977	R16