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Balazs Taroczy #26 def. Ilie 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
RoundF
Winner Balazs Taroczy
Score1-6 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser Ilie Nastase

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldBalazs TaroczyIlie Nastase
Country HUN ROU
Birth dateMay 9, 1954Jul 19, 1946
Age2432
Height183183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)2617
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9332,033
Career W-L381–228859–331
Career earnings$1,437,443$2,076,761
Pre-match H2H
Balazs Taroczy 0 – 4 Ilie Nastase

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Path

Balazs Taroczy's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 14, 1978SF Ivan Lendl 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data
Oct 14, 1978QF Ulrich Pinner 1-6 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data
Oct 13, 1978R16 Ricardo Ycaza 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch data
Oct 12, 1978R32 Jairo Velasco 7-5 6-1W—Match data
Oct 11, 1978R64 Heinz Gunthardt 6-1 7-5WH2HMatch data

Balazs Taroczy's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ilie Nastase's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 14, 1978SF Paolo Bertolucci 6-3 3-6 9-7WH2HMatch data
Oct 14, 1978QF Jose Higueras 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 13, 1978R16 Ramiro Benavides 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 12, 1978R32 Fernando Luna 6-2 3-6 10-8WH2HMatch data
Oct 11, 1978R64 Frew Mcmillan 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data