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Ilie Nastase def. Sandy Mayer

6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 1972*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-2 7-6
Loser	Sandy Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Sandy Mayer
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Apr 5, 1952
Age	26	20
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,070	1,658
Career W-L	859–331	372–206
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,057,783

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 0 Sandy Mayer

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1972	R32	Frantisek Pala	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1972	QF	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sandy Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1972	R32	Barry Phillips Moore	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data