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Ilie Nastase def. Jimmy Connors

6-4 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1972*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-4 6-4 6-1
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	25	19
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,022	1,937
Career W-L	859–331	1,262–294
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 4 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1972	R16	Tom Gorman	6-3 3-6 8-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1972	R32	Jurgen Fassbender	9-8 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1972	R64	Clark Graebner	6-3 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1972	R128	John Bartlett	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1972	SF	Manuel Orantes	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1972	R16	Francois Jauffret	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1972	R32	Adriano Panatta	6-3 0-6 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1972	R64	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-3 7-5 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1972	R128	Bob Hewitt	6-3 9-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data