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Jan Kodes v Ilie Nastase: stats compared | Lineball
Nastase wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Kodes 746 matches, Nastase 1,187 matches.
Nastase has 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Kodes’ 10 titles (one every 50 matches).
Nastase averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Kodes’ 1.1.
Nastase has the better sets won %: 67 to Kodes’s 60.2.
Winners’ edge: Nastase’s team won 72%, Kodes’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Nastase has 1,187 matches across 18 seasons, Kodes 746 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.
0.010 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
13.710,250 total · best 35Games wonper game14.216,866 total · best 33
60.2Sets won %67.0
53.9Games won %56.4
0.131 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1105 total · best 1
Head to head
519 matches since 196914
Clay · 12 matchesKodes 4Nastase 8
Carpet · 4 matchesKodes 1Nastase 3
Hard · 3 matchesKodes 0Nastase 3
Grand Slams · 2 matchesKodes 1Nastase 1
Finals · 5 matchesKodes 1Nastase 4
Last meetings
23 May 1977 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayNastase won 6-4 7-5 6-3
21 Mar 1977 · Rotterdam WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetNastase won 6-4 6-4
20 Apr 1976 · Stockholm - WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetNastase won 6-3 6-2
6 Oct 1975 · Madrid · Quarterfinal · ClayKodes won 6-4 6-4
8 May 1974 · Dallas WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetKodes won 7-6(3) 6-1 7-5
4 Dec 1973 · Masters · Round robin · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.61,207 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.82,090 total · best 3
1.1797 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.91,029 total · best 3
11.88,785 total · best 32Games lostper game · lower is better11.013,036 total · best 31
0.2118 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2237 total · best 3
0.2117 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1138 total · best 1
0.124 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.117 total · best 1
0.112 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.125 total · best 1
0.112 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.121 total · best 1
0.06 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.05 total · best 1
Nastase won 6-4 2-6 6-4
8 Oct 1973 · Barcelona · Semifinal · ClayNastase won 6-1 4-6 6-0 6-3
3 June 1973 · Rome · Quarterfinal · ClayNastase won 6-2 6-2
16 Oct 1972 · Barcelona · Semifinal · ClayKodes won 9-7 6-4 6-1