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Ilie Nastase def. Paul Gerken

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 1973*
Tournament	Calgary
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-4 7-6
Loser	Paul Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Paul Gerken
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Mar 15, 1950
Age	26	22
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,120	1,777
Career W-L	859–331	124–129
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 2 – 1 Paul Gerken

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1973	SF	Ion Tiriac	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1973	QF	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1973	R16	Jasjit Singh	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1973	SF	Juan Gisbert	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	—	Match data
Feb 17, 1973	QF	Pat Cramer	3-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1973	R16	Mike Belkin	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1973	R32	Don Mccormick	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data