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Ilie Nastase #1 def. Phil Dent #52

4-6 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1973*
Tournament	Chicago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Phil Dent
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Feb 14, 1950
Age	27	23
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	52
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,153	1,716
Career W-L	859–331	418–351
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 1 – 0 Phil Dent

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1973	R32	Jasjit Singh	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1973	QF	Graham Stilwell	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Phil Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1973	R32	Pat Cramer	3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data