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Cliff Richey def. Ilie Nastase

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 1970*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	Jul 19, 1946
Age	23	24
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,967	2,028
Career W-L	488–224	859–331
Career earnings	$7,500	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 2 – 4 Ilie Nastase

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1970	QF	Georges Goven	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1970	R16	Mike Estep	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1970	R32	Barry Mackay	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1970	R64	Bob Mckinley	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1970	F	Arthur Ashe	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1970	QF	Bob Hewitt	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1970	R16	Pancho Guzman	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 21, 1970	R32	Jim Mcmanus	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1970	R64	Steve Krulevitz	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data