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Vitas Gerulaitis v Ilie Nastase: stats compared | Lineball
Nastase wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Gerulaitis 751 matches, Nastase 1,187 matches.
Nastase has 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Gerulaitis’ 25 titles (one every 25 matches).
Nastase averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Gerulaitis’ 0.9.
Longevity: Nastase has 1,187 matches across 18 seasons, Gerulaitis 751 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.
0.025 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
13.910,426 total · best 31Games wonper game14.216,866 total · best 33
64.2Sets won %67.0
55.5Games won %56.4
0.155 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1105 total · best 1
Head to head
1011 matches since 19751
Carpet · 5 matchesGerulaitis 4Nastase 1
Clay · 4 matchesGerulaitis 4Nastase 0
Hard · 2 matchesGerulaitis 2Nastase 0
Finals · 1 matchGerulaitis 1Nastase 0
Last meetings
14 July 1980 · Stuttgart Outdoor · Quarterfinal · ClayGerulaitis won 6-2 7-5
20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · HardGerulaitis won 6-3 6-2
15 Jan 1979 · Birmingham WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetGerulaitis won 6-2 6-0
10 July 1978 · Forest Hills WCT · Final · ClayGerulaitis won 6-2 6-0
10 Apr 1978 · Monte Carlo WCT · Quarterfinal · ClayGerulaitis won 6-3 1-6 6-3
14 Nov 1977 · WCT Challenge Cup · Round robin · CarpetNastase won 6-5 5-6 6-4
11 Apr 1977 · Houston WCT · Semifinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.71,254 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.82,090 total · best 3
0.9699 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.91,029 total · best 3
11.18,368 total · best 30Games lostper game · lower is better11.013,036 total · best 31
0.3246 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2237 total · best 3
0.2122 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1138 total · best 1
–Masters/1000 matchesper game0.117 total · best 1
0.113 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.125 total · best 1
–Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.121 total · best 1
–Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.05 total · best 1
Gerulaitis won 4-1
15 Feb 1977 · Ocean City · Semifinal · CarpetGerulaitis won 1-6 6-2 6-4
10 Feb 1976 · Toronto WCT · Semifinal · CarpetGerulaitis won 6-3 6-3