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Ilie Nastase #9 def. Bjorn Borg #4

6-4 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date Oct 19, 1974*
Tournament Madrid
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundF
Winner Ilie Nastase
Score6-4 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldIlie NastaseBjorn Borg
Country ROU SWE
Birth dateJul 19, 1946Jun 6, 1956
Age2818
Height183180
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)94
Ranking points (entering)——
Elo (entering)2,0882,114
Career W-L859–331608–143
Career earnings$2,076,761$3,655,751
Pre-match H2H
Ilie Nastase 2 – 2 Bjorn Borg

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Path

Ilie Nastase's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 18, 1974SF Guillermo Vilas 6-1 1-6 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 18, 1974QF Harold Solomon 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 17, 1974R16 Roger Taylor 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 16, 1974R32 Frew Mcmillan 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Oct 15, 1974R64 Roger Dowdeswell 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bjorn Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 18, 1974SF Manuel Orantes 6-4 6-2 3-6 7-6WH2HMatch data
Oct 18, 1974QF Tom Okker 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 17, 1974R16 Juan Gisbert 6-4 1-6 6-1W—Match data
Oct 16, 1974R32 Wojtek Fibak 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch data
Oct 15, 1974R64 Frantisek Pala 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data