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Ilie Nastase def. Tom Gorman

4-6 7-6 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1972*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	4-6 7-6 6-2 6-1
Loser	Tom Gorman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Tom Gorman
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Jan 19, 1946
Age	26	26
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,122	1,865
Career W-L	859–331	418–293
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 9 – 0 Tom Gorman

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1972	QF	Fred Stolle	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1972	R16	Bob Hewitt	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	Patrice Dominguez	6-3 5-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1972	R64	Roger Taylor	7-5 6-2 6-7 2-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Jairo Velasco	6-0 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1972	F	Arthur Ashe	3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1972	QF	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 5-7 7-6 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1972	R16	Dick Stockton	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	Nikola Pilic	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1972	R64	Jim Mcmanus	4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Jimmy Connors	6-1 3-6 6-7 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data