Ilie Nastase

Singles
Country	Romania
Residence	Bucharest
Date of birth	July 19, 1946 (1946-07-19) (age 64)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1969 (debut in 1966)
Retired	1985
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$2,076,761
Int. Tennis HOF	1991 (member page)
Career record	755–287
Career titles	87 (including 57 listed by the ATP)
Highest ranking	No. 1 (August 23, 1973)
Grand Slam results
French Open	W (1973)
Wimbledon	F (1972, 1976)
US Open	W (1972)
Major tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)
Doubles
Career record	480–209
Career titles	45 (ATP listed)
Highest ranking	10 (August 30, 1977)

In the year 1970 Ilie Nastase was considered as one of the unsurpassed players with many proficient and he was graded as the sixth top player in the world.

PERSONAL DETAILS

The ex - Romanian professional tennis player, Ilie Nastase was born in Bucharest, Romania was considered as one of the leading players of the 1970s.

Nastase was regarded as the world's top most players who according to the Association of Tennis Professionals computer rankings were placed first from August 23, 1973, to June 2, 1974.

AWARDS

In the Association of Tennis Professionals website amongst his 88 singles titles, only Nastase 53 is published. Nastase defeated Arthur Ashe in a five set final both in 1972 U.S. Open and 1973 French Open.

Nastase achieved the titles in 1973 Wimbledon, 1970 French Open and the 1975 U.S in men's doubles section.

Nastase also achieved the titles of Masters Tournament four times as in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975.

Career statistics

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 5 (2-3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1971	French Open	Clay	Jan Kodeš	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	1972	US Open	Grass	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(1:5), 6–4, 6–3
Winner	1973	French Open	Clay	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1976	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 9–7

Doubles: 5 (3-2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1966	French Championships	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Clark Graebner Dennis Ralston	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	1970	French Open	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1973	French Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	John Newcombe Tom Okker	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Jimmy Connors	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3), 6–1
Winner	1975	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6

Mixed doubles: 3 (2-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Olga Morozova Alex Metreveli	6–3, 4–6, 9–7
Winner	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1972	US Open	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	6–3, 7–5

Year-End Championships

Singles: 5 (4-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1971	Paris	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	1972	Barcelona	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	1973	Boston	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1974	Melbourne	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	1975	Stockholm	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1

Singles titles (87)

Career main titles (59), including 57 ATP titles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1969	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–4, 6–4, 8–10, 2–6, 6–3
2.	1970	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Richey	6–8, 3–6, 6–4, 9–7, 6–0
3.	1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6
4.	1971	Richmond, U.S.	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
5.	1971	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	7–5, 6–4, 7–6
6.	1971	Nice, France	Hard	Jan Kodeš	10–8, 11–9, 6–1
7.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tom Okker	3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
8.	1971	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jan Leschly	6–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
9.	1971	Wembley, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Rod Laver	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
10.	1971	Tennis Masters Cup, Paris	Carpet	Stan Smith	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
11.	1972	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–4, 7–6
12.	1972	Omaha, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ion Ţiriac	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
13.	1972	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	František Pala	6–1, 6–0, 6–3
14.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	František Pala	6–0, 6–0, 6–1
15.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–0, 6–4, 6–3
16.	1972	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	6–0, 6–2, 6–1
17.	1972	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Andrew Pattison	6–4, 6–3
18.	1972	US Open, New York	Grass	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
19.	1972	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–4
20.	1972	Seattle, U.S.	Other	Tom Gorman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
21.	1972	London	Carpet	Tom Gorman	6–4, 6–3
22.	1972	Tennis Masters Cup, Barcelona (2)	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
23.	1973	Omaha, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	5–0, retired
24.	1973	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Paul Gerken	6–4, 7–6
25.	1973	*Washington, D.C.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
26.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
27.	1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco (3)	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
28.	1973	Madrid, Spain (2)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1
29.	1973	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 7–6, 6–4
30.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
31.	1973	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
32.	1973	Queen's Club, London	Grass	Roger Taylor	9–8, 6–3
33.	1973	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roy Emerson	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
34.	1973	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Manuel Orantes	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
35.	1973	Torneo Godó-Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
36.	1973	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
37.	1973	Tennis Masters Cup, Boston (3)	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
38.	1974	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–3
39.	1974	Washington WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–3
40.	1974	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
41.	1974	Cedar Grove, U.S.	Other	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–4, 7–6
42.	1974	Madrid, Spain (3)	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
43.	1974	Torneo Godó-Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	8–6, 9–7, 6–3
44.	1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–1, 7–5, 6–2
45.	1975	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–0
46.	1975	Madrid, Spain (4)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
47.	1975	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Bob Hewitt	7–6, 6–1
48.	1975	Tennis Masters Cup, Stockholm (4)	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
49.	1976	Atlantav WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jeff Borowiak	6–2, 6–4
50.	1976	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
51.	1976	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–0, 6–1
52.	1976	Myrtle Beach - Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3
53.	1976	Honolulu - WCT Avis Challenge Cup	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 1–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
54.	1976	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
55	1976	Las Vegas Challenge Cup, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–5
56.	1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
57.	1977	Aix en Provence, France	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5, ret.
58.	1978	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Tom Gullikson	6–3, 7–5
59.	1978	Montego Bay, Jamaica - WCT Challenge Cup	Hard	Peter Fleming	2–6, 5–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4

Singles runner-ups (36)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1969	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nikola Pilić	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
2.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
3.	1971	Macon, U.S.	Hard	�eljko Franulović	6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 3–6, 7–6
4.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jan Kodeš	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
5.	1971	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	6–0, 6–1, 7–5
6.	1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	�eljko Franulović	6–3, 7–6, 6–1
7.	1972	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
8.	1972	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
9.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
10.	1972	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
11.	1973	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
12.	1973	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–8, 7–5, 6–3
13.	1973	London	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–4
14.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–4
15.	1974	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–4
16.	1974	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Andrew Pattison	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
17.	1974	Rome, Italy	Clay	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
18.	1974	Tennis Masters Cup, Melbourne	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
19.	1975	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Jiří Hřebec	6–1, 7–6, 2–6, 6–4
20.	1975	Tucson, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	7–5, 6–2
21.	1975	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–3
22.	1975	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–0, 6–1
23.	1976	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gorman	7–5, 6–3
24.	1976	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
25.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
26.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	6–4, 7–6
27.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 9–7
28.	1976	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–3
29.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Dick Stockton	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
30.	1977	Virginia Beach, U.S.	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
31.	1978	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
32.	1978	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–0
33.	1978	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
34.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	7–6, 7–5
35.	1981	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Slo�il	6–2, 7–5
36.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	7–5, 6–3