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I. Nastase def. A. Ashe

6-5 4-6 6-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 22, 1969*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-5 4-6 6-5
Loser	A. Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	A. Ashe
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Jul 10, 1943
Age	23	26
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,757	1,983
Career W-L	859–331	800–258
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 0 – 1 A. Ashe

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1969	RR	C. Pasarell	6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1969	RR	I. Tiriac	6-1	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1969	F	Stan Smith	6-4 6-5	W	—	Match data

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1969	RR	Bob Lutz	6-4	W	—	Match data
Oct 17, 1969	RR	Stan Smith	6-5	W	—	Match data
Oct 17, 1969	RR	I. Tiriac	6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1969	RR	I. Nastase	6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1969	RR	C. Pasarell	6-3	W	H2H	Match data