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I. Nastase #24 def. B. Kleege #148

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 1979*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	B. Kleege

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	B. Kleege
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Nov 1, 1954
Age	33	24
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	148
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,865	1,481
Career W-L	859–331	10–35
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$283

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 0 – 0 B. Kleege

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1979	R64	J. Damiani	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1979	R16	V. Winitsky	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Kleege's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1979	R64	J. Delaney	3-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data