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Cliff Drysdale def. Ilie Nastase

6-0 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date May 28, 1971*
Tournament Brussels
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundF
Winner Cliff Drysdale
Score6-0 6-1 7-5
Loser Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldCliff DrysdaleIlie Nastase
Country RSA ROU
Birth dateMay 26, 1941Jul 19, 1946
Age3024
Height188183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)——
Ranking points (entering)——
Elo (entering)2,0302,108
Career W-L402–253859–331
Career earnings—$2,076,761
Pre-match H2H
Cliff Drysdale 0 – 0 Ilie Nastase

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Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1971SF Ismail El Shafei 6-4 6-0 6-2W—Match data
May 27, 1971QF Stan Smith 6-4 6-3 7-5W—Match data
May 26, 1971R16 Tom Gorman 7-5 6-1 7-5WH2HMatch data
May 25, 1971R32 Terry Addison 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ilie Nastase's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1971SF Boro Jovanovic 8-10 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-2W—Match data
May 27, 1971QF Bob Carmichael 6-1 4-6 6-4 2-6 6-1WH2HMatch data
May 26, 1971R16 Bernard Mignot 6-2 8-6WH2HMatch data
May 25, 1971R32 Jan Kukal 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data