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Ilie Nastase #16 def. Geoff Masters #49

(def.)

Match Information

Date	Apr 13, 1979*
Tournament	Monte Carlo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	(def.)
Loser	Geoff Masters

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Geoff Masters
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 19, 1950
Age	32	28
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	49
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,945	1,752
Career W-L	859–331	238–255
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 4 – 1 Geoff Masters

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	Angel Gimenez	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	QF	John Alexander	3-6 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Geoff Masters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	Johan Kriek	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data