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Ilie Nastase #10 def. Arthur Ashe #6

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 10, 1975*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Arthur Ashe
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Jul 10, 1943
Age	29	32
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,029	2,203
Career W-L	859–331	800–258
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 5 – 2 Arthur Ashe

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1975	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1975	R16	Barry Phillips Moore	6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data
Aug 8, 1975	R32	Zdravko Mincek	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1975	R64	Doug Crawford	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1975	F	Guillermo Vilas	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1975	QF	John Alexander	6-4 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1975	R16	Mike Cahill	6-2 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1975	R32	Gerald Battrick	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1975	R64	Nicola Spear	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data