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Jose Luis Clerc vs Ilie Nastase H2H: 1-0

Jose Luis Clerc holds a 1–0 lead over Ilie Nastase in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Jose Luis Clerc leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Jose Luis Clerc won the 1981 Swiss Indoors round of 32 4-6 6-4 6-4.

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Jose Luis Clerc
ARG Age 68 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Ilie Nastase
ROU Age 80 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Jose Luis Clerc #5 4-6 6-4 6-4 Ilie Nastase #84 Match data Oct 15, 1981* R32 Swiss Indoors ATP 250 Hard

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
Jose Luis Clerc #1,263 #4 20 2,219 355 138 72.0% 0 0 0 1 24 25
Ilie Nastase #1,075 #1 0 2,294 860 330 72.3% 2 0 4 2 59 67

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 Jose Luis Clerc Ilie Nastase
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 1977 1–3 25.0% #366 1,488 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 1978 50–17 74.6% #15 1,862 0 3 — — — — — — —
20 1979 53–22 70.7% #17 1,931 0 4 — — — — — — —
21 1980 65–20 76.5% #8 2,016 0 10 1968 41–14 74.5% — 1,772 0 3
22 1981 54–12 81.8% #5 2,071 0 16 1969 27–22 55.1% — 1,835 0 5
23 1982 66–23 74.2% #6 1,957 0 21 1970 60–20 75.0% — 1,966 0 7
24 1983 29–14 67.4% #8 1,903 0 25 1971 73–13 84.9% — 2,091 0 15
25 1984 13–10 56.5% #33 1,827 0 25 1972 110–20 84.6% — 2,173 1 27
26 1985 23–13 63.9% #28 1,832 0 25 1973 118–17 87.4% #1 2,212 2 43
27 — — — — — — — 1974 80–21 79.2% #10 2,155 2 50
28 — — — — — — — 1975 86–20 81.1% #7 2,174 2 56
29 — — — — — — — 1976 78–17 82.1% #3 2,202 2 62
30 1989 1–4 20.0% #514 1,738 0 25 1977 44–18 71.0% #9 2,101 2 65
31 — — — — — — — 1978 45–21 68.2% #16 2,058 2 67
32 — — — — — — — 1979 28–25 52.8% #49 1,796 2 67
33 — — — — — — — 1980 19–24 44.2% #77 1,741 2 67
34 — — — — — — — 1981 26–27 49.1% #74 1,725 2 67
35 — — — — — — — 1982 14–24 36.8% #86 1,633 2 67
36 — — — — — — — 1983 6–11 35.3% #118 1,594 2 67
37 — — — — — — — 1984 4–12 25.0% #202 1,574 2 67
38 — — — — — — — 1985 1–4 20.0% #431 1,535 2 67

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 Jose Luis Clerc Ilie Nastase
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 %
18 1977 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1978 2 1 3 66.7% 47 13 60 78.3% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1979 15 3 18 83.3% 31 14 45 68.9% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1980 8 3 11 72.7% 47 7 54 87.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 6 7 13 46.2% 1968 — — — — 40 13 53 75.5% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
22 1981 7 2 9 77.8% 44 5 49 89.8% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 4 5 20.0% 1969 11 8 19 57.9% 9 6 15 60.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 5 7 28.6%
23 1982 2 3 5 40.0% 57 11 68 83.8% — — — — 7 9 16 43.8% 1970 12 3 15 80.0% 34 9 43 79.1% 4 2 6 66.7% 10 6 16 62.5%
24 1983 5 1 6 83.3% 24 9 33 72.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 1971 21 4 25 84.0% 35 5 40 87.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 14 2 16 87.5%
25 1984 2 2 4 50.0% 11 8 19 57.9% — — — — — — — — 1972 29 7 36 80.6% 42 7 49 85.7% 16 2 18 88.9% 23 4 27 85.2%
26 1985 1 2 3 33.3% 22 11 33 66.7% — — — — — — — — 1973 27 7 34 79.4% 59 3 62 95.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 22 4 26 84.6%
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 4 2 6 66.7% 43 7 50 86.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 22 8 30 73.3%
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 10 3 13 76.9% 65 13 78 83.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 3 13 76.9%
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 17 2 19 89.5% 16 4 20 80.0% 11 1 12 91.7% 34 10 44 77.3%
30 1989 — — — — 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — 1977 9 3 12 75.0% 16 5 21 76.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 13 8 21 61.9%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 9 4 13 69.2% 15 4 19 78.9% 4 2 6 66.7% 17 11 28 60.7%
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 11 9 20 55.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — 10 11 21 47.6%
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 7 6 13 53.8% 4 3 7 57.1% 2 1 3 66.7% 6 14 20 30.0%
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 13 9 22 59.1% 3 8 11 27.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 9 6 15 60.0%
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 6 8 14 42.9% 5 8 13 38.5% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 6 9 33.3%
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1 4 5 20.0% 4 6 10 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 3 5 8 37.5% 0 6 6 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 42 18 60 70.0% 284 83 367 77.4% 11 10 21 52.4% 18 27 45 40.0% — 191 86 277 69.0% 397 114 511 77.7% 76 31 107 71.0% 196 99 295 66.4%

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 Jose Luis Clerc Ilie Nastase
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
18 1977 1488 104.9 — — — — +58 — — 40.0% -0.10 0–2 — — +0.53 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1978 1862 154.7 — — — — -272 +118 -369 69.4% +1.32 9–2 (82%) 5–1 (83%) 113.4 +2.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1979 1931 152.6 — — — — -134 +53 -305 66.3% +1.18 12–8 (60%) 12–11 (52%) 103.5 +0.45 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1980 2016 159.7 — — — — -176 +145 -322 69.7% +1.31 16–8 (67%) 9–7 (56%) 105.3 -2.07 1968 1772 127.0 — — — — — +103 — 68.8% +1.58 11–4 (73%) — — +2.44
22 1981 2071 165.6 — — — — -211 +222 -366 73.3% +1.59 13–4 (76%) 11–8 (58%) 105.8 -2.26 1969 1835 129.0 — — — — -96 -35 -152 54.7% +0.34 9–10 (47%) 0–1 — -2.11
23 1982 1957 162.1 — — — — -187 +262 — 68.8% +1.41 17–9 (65%) 12–7 (63%) 99.4 -1.60 1970 1967 149.4 — — — — +28 +67 -244 66.4% +1.24 14–6 (70%) — — -1.85
24 1983 1904 155.8 — — — — -155 +213 — 65.6% +1.19 4–3 (57%) 2–3 (40%) 96.4 -0.11 1971 2092 153.7 — — — — +128 +61 -359 71.7% +1.57 23–2 (92%) 8–10 (44%) 109.4 +0.96
25 1984 1828 140.7 — — — — -86 +138 — 58.8% +0.76 0–2 3–3 (50%) — -0.10 1972 2173 157.1 — — — — +39 -11 -72 78.2% +1.92 19–8 (70%) 20–10 (67%) 105.3 +2.45
26 1985 1832 146.7 — — — — -119 +94 — 64.2% +0.80 3–3 (50%) 7–4 (64%) 98.8 -1.21 1973 2213 158.2 — — — — +30 +151 -184 78.4% +1.96 27–10 (73%) 18–5 (78%) 104.7 +1.08
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 2156 159.7 — — — — -27 +191 -140 73.6% +1.63 16–9 (64%) 13–8 (62%) 95.8 -3.01
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 2175 160.0 — — — — -32 +17 — 75.5% +1.84 17–7 (71%) 17–9 (65%) 104.7 -2.97
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 2202 168.0 — — — — +37 -12 -118 76.7% +1.74 14–5 (74%) 20–7 (74%) 107.5 -2.87
30 1989 1739 102.4 — — — — — +88 — 30.8% -1.69 0–1 0–1 — +0.23 1977 2101 162.0 — — — — +62 +8 -7 63.4% +0.90 16–7 (70%) 11–4 (73%) 103.4 -3.16
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 2058 159.2 — — — — 0 +40 +20 63.5% +0.77 12–11 (52%) 10–3 (77%) 98.0 -2.05
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 1796 149.5 — — — — +43 +212 — 53.7% +0.31 7–12 (37%) 2–9 (18%) 83.9 +1.47
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 1742 151.0 — — — — +2 +216 +338 46.2% +0.01 6–6 (50%) 4–8 (33%) 93.4 -0.92
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 1725 136.0 — — — — +64 +84 +186 50.0% +0.11 7–9 (44%) 9–7 (56%) 96.3 +0.26
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 1634 132.2 — — — — +74 +87 — 44.8% -0.18 6–13 (32%) 6–8 (43%) 89.4 +1.39
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1595 122.4 — — — — +34 +99 — 40.0% -0.47 2–3 (40%) 1–7 (13%) 93.6 +0.83
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1574 129.5 — — — — +46 +68 — 25.6% -1.79 3–2 (60%) 1–1 — -1.97
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1536 99.7 — — — — +60 — — 23.1% -1.85 1–0 — — +0.29
Career — 2220 161.4 — — — — -162 +162 -333 67.6% +1.24 74–42 (64%) 61–45 (58%) 105.1 -0.83 — 2295 157.9 — — — — +30 +75 -98 67.2% +1.22 210–124 (63%) 140–97 (59%) 100.2 -0.84

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.