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Ilie Nastase#7 def. Jimmy Connors#1

6-2 6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 1976*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-2 6-3 7-6
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Jimmy Connors
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	29	23
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,201	2,279
Career W-L	859–331	1,262–294
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 11 – 3 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1976	SF	Haroon Rahim	6-1 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1976	QF	Peter Fleming	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1976	R16	Mike Cahill	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1976	R32	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Feb 16, 1976	R64	Rejean Genois	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1976	SF	Sandy Mayer	6-7(2) 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1976	QF	Trey Waltke	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1976	R16	Brian Teacher	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1976	R32	Bill Maze	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data