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I. Nastase def. R. Taylor

7-5 6-2 6-7 2-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1972*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	7-5 6-2 6-7 2-6 7-6
Loser	R. Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	R. Taylor
Country	ROU	GBR
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Oct 14, 1941
Age	26	30
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,040	2,001
Career W-L	859–331	369–296
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 4 – 1 R. Taylor

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Jairo Velasco	6-0 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	P. Dominguez	6-3 5-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Andrew Pattison	3-6 7-6 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data