Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

B. Taroczy#26 def. I. Nastase#17

1-6 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 1978*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	B. Taroczy
Score	1-6 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	I. Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Taroczy	I. Nastase
Country	HUN	ROU
Birth date	May 9, 1954	Jul 19, 1946
Age	24	32
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,933	2,033
Career W-L	381–228	859–331
Career earnings	$1,437,443	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

B. Taroczy 0 – 4 I. Nastase

Path

B. Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	SF	Ivan Lendl	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	QF	U. Pinner	1-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	R16	R. Ycaza	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R32	Jairo Velasco	7-5 6-1	W	—	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R64	H. Gunthardt	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

B. Taroczy's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	SF	P. Bertolucci	6-3 3-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	QF	J. Higueras	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	R16	R. Benavides	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R32	F. Luna	6-2 3-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R64	F. McMillan	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data