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Ilie Nastase def. Stan Smith

6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1971*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Stan Smith
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Dec 14, 1946
Age	24	24
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,081	2,081
Career W-L	859–331	—
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 3 – 2 Stan Smith

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1971	R16	Tadeusz Nowicki	6-1 6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1971	R32	Ray Ruffels	4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1971	R64	Szabolcz Baranyi	6-1 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1971	R128	Thomaz Koch	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1971	SF	Frank Froehling	6-0 2-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1971	R16	Patrice Dominguez	6-4 2-6 8-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
May 27, 1971	R32	Graham Stilwell	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
May 25, 1971	R64	Jose Guerrero	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 23, 1971	R128	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-3 6-2 8-6	W	—	Match data