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Ilie Nastase#5 def. Ken Rosewall#12

6-7(5) 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 1977*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-7(5) 7-5 6-3
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Ken Rosewall
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Nov 2, 1934
Age	30	42
Height	183	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,137	1,995
Career W-L	859–331	541–195
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 2 – 5 Ken Rosewall

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1977	R16	Raymond Moore	5-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1977	SF	Jimmy Connors	7-5 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1977	R16	Billy Martin	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data