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Stan Smith def. Ilie Nastase

5-7 6-2 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date Feb 26, 1972*
Tournament Salisbury
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundF
Winner Stan Smith
Score5-7 6-2 6-3 6-4
Loser Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldStan SmithIlie Nastase
Country USA ROU
Birth dateDec 14, 1946Jul 19, 1946
Age2525
Height—183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)——
Ranking points (entering)——
Elo (entering)2,0182,074
Career W-L—859–331
Career earnings$1,774,811$2,076,761
Pre-match H2H
Stan Smith 2 – 5 Ilie Nastase

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Path

Stan Smith's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 25, 1972SF Haroon Rahim 6-3 6-3 6-3W—Match data
Feb 25, 1972QF Jaime Fillol 6-4 7-6W—Match data
Feb 24, 1972R16 Harold Solomon 7-6 6-1W—Match data
Feb 23, 1972R32 Raymond Moore 6-2 6-3W—Match data

Stan Smith's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ilie Nastase's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 25, 1972SF Gerald Battrick 6-2 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data
Feb 25, 1972QF Tom Gorman 7-6 6-2WH2HMatch data
Feb 24, 1972R16 Alejandro Olmedo 6-3 6-4W—Match data
Feb 23, 1972R32 Raul Ramirez 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data