H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Ilie Nastase vs Roger Taylor H2H: 11-1

Ilie Nastase holds an 11–1 lead over Roger Taylor in their ATP head-to-head. Across 12 main-draw meetings, Ilie Nastase leads 7–0 on clay and 2–0 on grass. Most recently, Ilie Nastase won the 1975 Hamburg Open quarterfinal 6-1 7-5.

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Ilie Nastase
ROU Age 80 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
11 – 1
12 main draw meetings
Roger Taylor
GBR Age 84 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Ilie Nastase 6-1 7-5 Roger Taylor Match data May 24, 1975* QF Hamburg Open ATP 250 Clay
Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-1 Roger Taylor Match data Oct 17, 1974* R16 Madrid ATP 250 Clay
Ilie Nastase 6-1 9-11 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data Oct 17, 1974* R32 Barcelona Open ATP 250 Clay
Ilie Nastase 6-0 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data Aug 29, 1974* R32 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships ATP 250 Clay
Ilie Nastase 9-8 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data Jun 23, 1973* F Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass
Ilie Nastase 6-0 6-2 7-6 Roger Taylor Match data Jun 1, 1973* QF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Ilie Nastase 7-5 6-2 6-7 2-6 7-6 Roger Taylor Match data Sep 3, 1972* R64 US Open Grand Slam Grass
Roger Taylor 7-5 6-4 Ilie Nastase Match data Nov 3, 1971* R64 Stockholm Open ATP 250 Hard
Ilie Nastase 2-6 7-5 6-1 6-1 Roger Taylor Match data Apr 10, 1971* SF Monte-Carlo Masters ATP 250 Clay
Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-8 6-3 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data Feb 20, 1970* SF Salisbury ATP 250 Hard
Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data Feb 6, 1970* R16 Philadelphia Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Ilie Nastase 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-5 Roger Taylor Match data Aug 14, 1969* R32 Hamburg Open ATP 250 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Ilie Nastase #1,075 #1 0 2,294 860 330 72.3% 2 0 4 2 59 67
Roger Taylor #372 #11 0 2,003 369 297 55.4% 0 0 0 0 9 9

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Ilie Nastase Roger Taylor
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
21 1968 41–14 74.5% — 1,772 0 3 — — — — — — —
22 1969 27–22 55.1% — 1,835 0 5 — — — — — — —
23 1970 60–20 75.0% — 1,966 0 7 — — — — — — —
24 1971 73–13 84.9% — 2,091 0 15 — — — — — — —
25 1972 110–20 84.6% — 2,173 1 27 — — — — — — —
26 1973 118–17 87.4% #1 2,212 2 43 1968 27–51 34.6% — 1,568 0 1
27 1974 80–21 79.2% #10 2,155 2 50 1969 49–31 61.2% — 1,802 0 1
28 1975 86–20 81.1% #7 2,174 2 56 1970 62–37 62.6% — 1,915 0 3
29 1976 78–17 82.1% #3 2,202 2 62 1971 44–37 54.3% — 1,869 0 4
30 1977 44–18 71.0% #9 2,101 2 65 1972 42–27 60.9% — 1,896 0 5
31 1978 45–21 68.2% #16 2,058 2 67 1973 51–23 68.9% #16 1,885 0 7
32 1979 28–25 52.8% #49 1,796 2 67 1974 23–18 56.1% #42 1,848 0 7
33 1980 19–24 44.2% #77 1,741 2 67 1975 39–23 62.9% #52 1,793 0 9
34 1981 26–27 49.1% #74 1,725 2 67 1976 13–14 48.1% #80 1,714 0 9
35 1982 14–24 36.8% #86 1,633 2 67 1977 12–19 38.7% #99 1,607 0 9
36 1983 6–11 35.3% #118 1,594 2 67 1978 6–12 33.3% #162 1,551 0 9
37 1984 4–12 25.0% #202 1,574 2 67 1979 1–2 33.3% #400 1,558 0 9
38 1985 1–4 20.0% #431 1,535 2 67 1980 0–3 0.0% #372 1,519 0 9

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Ilie Nastase Roger Taylor
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
21 1968 — — — — 40 13 53 75.5% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1969 11 8 19 57.9% 9 6 15 60.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 5 7 28.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1970 12 3 15 80.0% 34 9 43 79.1% 4 2 6 66.7% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1971 21 4 25 84.0% 35 5 40 87.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 14 2 16 87.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1972 29 7 36 80.6% 42 7 49 85.7% 16 2 18 88.9% 23 4 27 85.2% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 1973 27 7 34 79.4% 59 3 62 95.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 22 4 26 84.6% 1968 7 10 17 41.2% 3 7 10 30.0% 8 9 17 47.1% 9 25 34 26.5%
27 1974 4 2 6 66.7% 43 7 50 86.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 22 8 30 73.3% 1969 6 7 13 46.2% 15 9 24 62.5% 22 11 33 66.7% 6 4 10 60.0%
28 1975 10 3 13 76.9% 65 13 78 83.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 3 13 76.9% 1970 18 11 29 62.1% 7 3 10 70.0% 30 16 46 65.2% 7 7 14 50.0%
29 1976 17 2 19 89.5% 16 4 20 80.0% 11 1 12 91.7% 34 10 44 77.3% 1971 11 10 21 52.4% 17 10 27 63.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 6 11 17 35.3%
30 1977 9 3 12 75.0% 16 5 21 76.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 13 8 21 61.9% 1972 18 8 26 69.2% 8 5 13 61.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 15 13 28 53.6%
31 1978 9 4 13 69.2% 15 4 19 78.9% 4 2 6 66.7% 17 11 28 60.7% 1973 5 3 8 62.5% 9 6 15 60.0% 16 4 20 80.0% 21 10 31 67.7%
32 1979 11 9 20 55.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — 10 11 21 47.6% 1974 5 5 10 50.0% 11 7 18 61.1% 1 2 3 33.3% 6 4 10 60.0%
33 1980 7 6 13 53.8% 4 3 7 57.1% 2 1 3 66.7% 6 14 20 30.0% 1975 1 3 4 25.0% 11 9 20 55.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 27 9 36 75.0%
34 1981 13 9 22 59.1% 3 8 11 27.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 9 6 15 60.0% 1976 0 1 1 0.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
35 1982 6 8 14 42.9% 5 8 13 38.5% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 1977 5 5 10 50.0% 2 7 9 22.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
36 1983 1 4 5 20.0% 4 6 10 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 1978 4 3 7 57.1% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
37 1984 3 5 8 37.5% 0 6 6 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1979 — — — — — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
38 1985 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1980 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
Career — 191 86 277 69.0% 397 114 511 77.7% 76 31 107 71.0% 196 99 295 66.4% — 80 66 146 54.8% 93 75 168 55.4% 93 62 155 60.0% 103 94 197 52.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Ilie Nastase Roger Taylor
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
21 1968 1772 127.0 — — — — — +103 — 68.8% +1.58 11–4 (73%) — — +2.44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1969 1835 129.0 — — — — -96 -35 -152 54.7% +0.34 9–10 (47%) 0–1 — -2.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1970 1967 149.4 — — — — +28 +67 -244 66.4% +1.24 14–6 (70%) — — -1.85 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1971 2092 153.7 — — — — +128 +61 -359 71.7% +1.57 23–2 (92%) 8–10 (44%) — +0.96 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1972 2173 157.1 — — — — +39 -11 -72 78.2% +1.92 19–8 (70%) 20–10 (67%) — +2.45 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 1973 2213 158.2 — — — — +30 +151 -184 78.4% +1.96 27–10 (73%) 18–5 (78%) — +1.08 1968 1568 105.0 — — — — -111 -102 -27 38.5% -1.40 10–12 (45%) — — -1.42
27 1974 2156 159.7 — — — — -27 +191 -140 73.6% +1.63 16–9 (64%) 13–8 (62%) — -3.01 1969 1803 133.0 — — — — -157 -89 +35 58.8% +0.65 14–10 (58%) 1–2 (33%) — -3.86
28 1975 2175 160.0 — — — — -32 +17 — 75.5% +1.84 17–7 (71%) 17–9 (65%) — -2.97 1970 1915 147.5 — — — — -38 -125 +31 61.2% +0.62 14–19 (42%) 8–7 (53%) — -2.32
29 1976 2202 168.0 — — — — +37 -12 -118 76.7% +1.74 14–5 (74%) 20–7 (74%) — -2.87 1971 1870 147.1 — — — — -71 +13 +59 55.0% +0.41 12–13 (48%) 11–10 (52%) — -5.62
30 1977 2101 162.0 — — — — +62 +8 -7 63.4% +0.90 16–7 (70%) 11–4 (73%) — -3.16 1972 1896 149.0 — — — — -3 +25 — 59.2% +0.21 12–14 (46%) 22–7 (76%) — -7.13
31 1978 2058 159.2 — — — — 0 +40 +20 63.5% +0.77 12–11 (52%) 10–3 (77%) — -2.05 1973 1885 145.5 — — — — -18 +14 +80 62.4% +0.86 18–13 (58%) 9–13 (41%) — -1.56
32 1979 1796 149.5 — — — — +43 +212 — 53.7% +0.31 7–12 (37%) 2–9 (18%) — +1.47 1974 1849 144.7 — — — — +14 +76 +70 55.9% +0.16 3–5 (38%) 10–4 (71%) — -2.98
33 1980 1742 151.0 — — — — +2 +216 +338 46.2% +0.01 6–6 (50%) 4–8 (33%) — -0.92 1975 1793 134.2 — — — — +73 +43 — 59.3% +0.41 12–8 (60%) 17–7 (71%) — +2.73
34 1981 1725 136.0 — — — — +64 +84 +186 50.0% +0.11 7–9 (44%) 9–7 (56%) — +0.26 1976 1714 126.0 — — — — +87 +47 +124 47.5% -0.34 3–3 (50%) 3–3 (50%) — -0.04
35 1982 1634 132.2 — — — — +74 +87 — 44.8% -0.18 6–13 (32%) 6–8 (43%) — +1.39 1977 1608 122.7 — — — — +126 +44 +154 41.1% -0.51 4–5 (44%) 4–5 (44%) — +2.27
36 1983 1595 122.4 — — — — +34 +99 — 40.0% -0.47 2–3 (40%) 1–7 (13%) — +0.83 1978 1552 122.4 — — — — +136 +84 +130 41.3% -0.30 2–8 (20%) 1–5 (17%) — +0.87
37 1984 1574 129.5 — — — — +46 +68 — 25.6% -1.79 3–2 (60%) 1–1 — -1.97 1979 1558 111.8 — — — — — — +112 33.3% -0.56 1–1 — — -0.27
38 1985 1536 99.7 — — — — +60 — — 23.1% -1.85 1–0 — — +0.29 1980 1519 104.0 — — — — — — — 30.0% -1.40 0–2 — — +0.06
Career — 2295 157.9 — — — — +30 +75 -98 67.2% +1.22 210–124 (63%) 140–97 (59%) 100.2 -0.84 — 2003 142.0 — — — — -21 +1 +46 55.2% +0.22 105–113 (48%) 86–63 (58%) 100.3 -2.94

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.