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I. Nastase def. J. Connors

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 1973*
Tournament	Washington 2
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	4-6 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-2
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	J. Connors
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	26	20
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,046	2,112
Career W-L	859–331	1,262–294
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 8 – 1 J. Connors

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1973	SF	J. Fassbender	4-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1973	QF	N. Kalogeropoulos	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1973	R16	Sherwood Stewart	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 23, 1973	R32	J. Paish	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1973	SF	K. Meiler	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1973	QF	I. Fletcher	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1973	R16	Dick Bohrnstedt	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Mar 23, 1973	R32	Francisco Castillo	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data