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I. Nastase def. J. Connors

5-7 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 1971*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	J. Connors
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	24	18
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,059	1,581
Career W-L	859–331	1,262–294
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 0 – 0 J. Connors

Path

I. Nastase's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1971	R16	R. Russell	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1971	R64	H. Kary	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data