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I. Nastase def. R. Taylor

6-0 6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1973*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-0 6-2 7-6
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	26	31
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,165	1,979
Career W-L	859–331	369–296
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 5 – 1 R. Taylor

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1973	R16	F. Jauffret	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1973	R32	J. Fassbender	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1973	R64	J. Hrebec	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1973	R128	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1973	SF	T. Gorman	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1973	R16	P. Gerken	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1973	R32	C. Pasarell	6-2 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1973	R64	Alex Metreveli	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 23, 1973	R128	K. Warwick	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data