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Ilie Nastase def. Ove Bengtson

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 1972*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Ove Bengtson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Ove Bengtson
Country	ROU	SWE
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Apr 5, 1945
Age	25	27
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,046	1,642
Career W-L	859–331	134–169
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 0 Ove Bengtson

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R32	Peter Szoke	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1972	QF	Szabolcz Baranyi	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ove Bengtson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R32	Jeff Simpson	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data