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I. Nastase #1 def. Stan Smith #7

6-2 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1974*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-2 6-2 6-4
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	Stan Smith
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Dec 14, 1946
Age	27	27
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	2,078	2,030
Career W-L	859–331	—
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 7 – 5 Stan Smith

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	QF	Alex Metreveli	6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1974	R16	R. Tanner	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1974	R32	V. Amritraj	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1974	R64	Martin Mulligan	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	—	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1974	F	B. Borg	3-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	QF	B. Gottfried	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1974	R16	E. Dibbs	7-5 6-0	W	—	Match data
May 29, 1974	R32	A. Korpas	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
May 28, 1974	R64	J. Kuki	7-5 7-5	W	—	Match data