Career 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Ilie Nastase takes it, 9–0 on categories Nastase wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Nastase 1,187 matches, Gorman 680 matches.
Nastase has 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Gorman’s 8 titles (one every 50 matches). Nastase averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Gorman’s 1.1. Nastase averages 14.2 games won a match to Gorman’s 13 (9% more). Winners’ edge: Nastase’s team won 72%, Gorman’s team won 59% of the matches they played. Longevity: Nastase has 1,187 matches across 18 seasons, Gorman 680 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 65 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 8 total · best 1
0.0 2 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game –
14.2 16,866 total · best 33 Games wonper game 13.0 8,867 total · best 32
67.0 Sets won % 55.8
56.4 Games won % 51.4
0.1 105 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 22 total · best 1
Head to head 17 21 matches since 1969 4
Carpet · 10 matches Nastase 8 Gorman 2 Hard · 6 matches Nastase 4 Gorman 2 Grass · 3 matches Nastase 3 Gorman 0 Clay · 2 matches Nastase 2 Gorman 0 Grand Slams · 4 matches Nastase 4 Gorman 0 Finals · 4 matches Nastase 3 Gorman 1 Last meetings 16 Jan 1978 · Baltimore · Quarterfinal · Carpet Gorman won 7-5 6-7 6-1 20 Jan 1976 · Baltimore · Final · Carpet Gorman won 7-5 6-3 31 Mar 1975 · Tuscon · Round of 64 · Hard Nastase won 6-4 6-3 29 Jan 1974 · Richmond-WCT · Final · Carpet Nastase won 6-2 6-3 4 Dec 1973 · Masters · Round robin · Hard Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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