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Marty Riessen def. Ilie Nastase

3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 5, 1968*
Tournament	Reggio Calabria
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Marty Riessen
Score	3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	Jul 19, 1946
Age	26	21
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,810	1,680
Career W-L	533–316	859–331
Career earnings	$465	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen 1 – 0 Ilie Nastase

Path

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1968	SF	Ion Tiriac	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1968	QF	John Alexander	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1968	R16	Gaetano Di Maso	4-6 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 2, 1968	R32	Sever Dron	(w/o)	W	—	Match data

Marty Riessen's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1968	SF	Dick Crealy	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1968	QF	Barry Phillips Moore	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
May 3, 1968	R16	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
May 2, 1968	R32	Emanuele Scarfiotti	(w/o)	W	—	Match data