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Ilie Nastase def. Stan Smith

5-7 12-10 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 1969*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	5-7 12-10 7-5 6-3
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	23	22
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,718	1,948
Career W-L	859–331	—
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 0 Stan Smith

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1969	R128	Ian Crookenden	4-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Ismail El Shafei	6-0 1-0 (ret.)	W	—	Match data

Stan Smith's path

No prior matches in this tournament.