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Roscoe Tanner#5 def. Ilie Nastase#24

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date Aug 26, 1979*
Tournament Cincinnati
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Roscoe Tanner
Score6-3 6-4
Loser Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoscoe TannerIlie Nastase
Country USA ROU
Birth dateOct 15, 1951Jul 19, 1946
Age2733
Height183183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)524
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0991,873
Career W-L595–298859–331
Career earnings$1,696,198$2,076,761
Pre-match H2H
Roscoe Tanner 4 6 Ilie Nastase

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 25, 1979R16 Francisco Gonzalez 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
Aug 23, 1979R32 John Sadri 6-4 7-6WH2HMatch data
Aug 22, 1979R64 Lito Alvarez 6-1 6-4WMatch data

Roscoe Tanner's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 26, 1979SF Bernie Mitton 7-5 7-5WH2HMatch data

Ilie Nastase's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 25, 1979R16 Van Winitsky 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 23, 1979R32 Bruce Kleege 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data
Aug 22, 1979R64 Jose Luis Damiani 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data