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Ilie Nastase def. Mike Estep

4-6 7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 1973*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	4-6 7-5 6-0
Loser	Mike Estep

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Mike Estep
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Jul 19, 1949
Age	26	23
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,125	1,543
Career W-L	859–331	120–184
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 1 – 0 Mike Estep

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1973	R32	Pat Dupre	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1973	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Mike Estep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1973	R32	Jan Kukal	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data