Panatta v Nastase
ATP Tour career
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Ilie Nastase takes it, 9–1 on categories
Nastase wins on titles. Panatta’s case rests on grand slam titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Panatta 596 matches, Nastase 1,187 matches.
- Nastase has 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Panatta’s 11 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Panatta has 1 grand slam title (one every 50 matches) to Nastase’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Nastase averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Panatta’s 1.1.
- Winners’ edge: Nastase’s team won 72%, Panatta’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Nastase has 1,187 matches across 18 seasons, Panatta 596 in 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.011 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 13.37,952 total · best 35Games wonper game14.216,866 total · best 33
- 58.8Sets won %67.0
- 52.8Games won %56.4
- 0.128 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1105 total · best 1
Head to head
311 matches
since 19728
since 19728
- Clay · 7 matchesPanatta 3Nastase 4
- Carpet · 3 matchesPanatta 0Nastase 3
- Hard · 1 matchPanatta 0Nastase 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesPanatta 2Nastase 0
- Finals · 4 matchesPanatta 1Nastase 3
Last meetings
- 20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · HardNastase won 6-4 2-6 6-1
- 7 Feb 1977 · Mexico City WCT · Semifinal · CarpetNastase won 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4
- 20 Apr 1976 · Stockholm - WCT · Semifinal · CarpetNastase won 7-6(6) 6-2
- 30 Nov 1975 · Masters · Round robin · CarpetNastase won 7-6 3-6 6-0
- 4 June 1975 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayPanatta won 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-1
- 7 May 1973 · Bournemouth · Final · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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