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I. Nastase def. R. Taylor

6-4 6-8 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 1970*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-4 6-8 6-3 6-3
Loser	R. Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	R. Taylor
Country	ROU	GBR
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Oct 14, 1941
Age	23	28
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,930
Career W-L	859–331	369–296
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 2 – 0 R. Taylor

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1970	QF	T. Roche	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1970	R16	A. Ashe	8-6 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1970	R32	G. Battrick	15-13 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1970	R64	H. Ploetz	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1970	F	C. Richey	6-8 3-6 6-4 9-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1970	QF	I. Tiriac	11-9 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1970	R16	Stan Smith	8-6 2-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Feb 18, 1970	R32	T. Koch	13-11 6-1	W	H2H	Match data