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Cliff Richey def. Ilie Nastase

7-5 9-7 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 12, 1970*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	7-5 9-7 4-6 6-3
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	23
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,983	1,938
Career W-L	488–224	859–331
Career earnings	$7,500	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 1 – 2 Ilie Nastase

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1970	R16	Alex Metreveli	8-6 6-4 8-6	W	—	Match data
May 7, 1970	R32	Patricio Rodriguez Chi	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
May 5, 1970	R64	Derek Schroder	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1970	R128	Jacques Thamin	6-0 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1970	SF	Zeljko Franulovic	6-4 4-6 1-6 7-5 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1970	R16	Dick Crealy	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1970	R32	Michele Leclercq	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 5, 1970	R64	Ian Fletcher	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1970	R128	Patrick Proisy	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data