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Ilie Nastase def. Cliff Richey

6-8 3-6 6-4 9-7 6-0

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 1970*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-8 3-6 6-4 9-7 6-0
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Cliff Richey
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Dec 31, 1946
Age	23	23
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,966	1,936
Career W-L	859–331	488–224
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 1 – 1 Cliff Richey

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1970	SF	Roger Taylor	6-4 6-8 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1970	QF	Tony Roche	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1970	R16	Arthur Ashe	8-6 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1970	R32	Gerald Battrick	15-13 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1970	R64	Hans Joachim Ploetz	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1970	SF	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data
Feb 20, 1970	QF	Jim Osborne	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1970	R16	Manuel Santana	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1970	R32	Jim Mcmanus	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1970	R64	Bob Carmichael	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data