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Arthur Ashe #10 def. Ilie Nastase #4

4-6 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 1976*
Tournament	World Invitational Classic
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 19, 1946
Age	33	30
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,993	2,226
Career W-L	800–258	859–331
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 4 – 7 Ilie Nastase

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