QF Wimbledon 1972

Ilie Nastase def. Jimmy Connors

6-4 6-4 6-1

Ilie Nastase defeated Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-4 6-1 in the 1972 Wimbledon quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 7, 1972*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1972
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Jimmy Connors
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	19
Height	183 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,029	1,940
Current career W-L	860–330	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$2,076,761	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 4 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

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

Ilie Nastase's next match

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

Jimmy Connors's path

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