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Ilie Nastase #1 def. Jimmy Connors #4

7-6 5-7 7-6

Match Information

Date	Nov 22, 1973*
Tournament	London
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	7-6 5-7 7-6
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Jimmy Connors
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	27	21
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,173	2,129
Career W-L	859–331	1,262–294
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 9 – 1 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 22, 1973	QF	Raymond Moore	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 21, 1973	R16	Bob Kreiss	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
Nov 20, 1973	R32	Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 23, 1973	F	Tom Okker	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 22, 1973	QF	Patrick Proisy	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 21, 1973	R16	Gerald Battrick	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 20, 1973	R32	Roger Taylor	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1973	BR	Mark Cox	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data