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Ilie Nastase v Manuel Orantes: stats compared | Lineball
Nastase wins on titles. Orantes’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Nastase 1,187 matches, Orantes 979 matches.
Nastase has 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Orantes’ 37 titles (one every 20 matches).
Nastase averages 14.2 games won a match to Orantes’ 13.4 (6% more).
Orantes averages 9.9 games lost a match to Nastase’s 11.
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.
0.165 total · best 1Titlesper game0.137 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
14.216,866 total · best 33Games wonper game13.413,145 total · best 36
67.0Sets won %68.0
56.4Games won %57.5
0.1105 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
1624 matches since 19698
Clay · 13 matchesNastase 8Orantes 5
Carpet · 5 matchesNastase 2Orantes 3
Hard · 3 matchesNastase 3Orantes 0
Grass · 3 matchesNastase 3Orantes 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesNastase 1Orantes 2
Finals · 10 matchesNastase 8Orantes 2
Last meetings
28 May 1979 · Roland Garros · Round of 128 · ClayOrantes won 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-2
20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · HardNastase won 6-4 6-4
2 Dec 1976 · WCT Challenge Cup · Semifinal · CarpetNastase won 6-2 2-6 6-2 6-1
2 Dec 1976 · WCT Challenge Cup · Round robin · CarpetOrantes won 7-5 3-6 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.82,090 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.71,686 total · best 3
0.91,029 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.8794 total · best 3
11.013,036 total · best 31Games lostper game · lower is better9.99,719 total · best 35
0.2237 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2167 total · best 3
0.1138 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.197 total · best 1
0.117 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.17 total · best 1
0.125 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.020 total · best 1
0.121 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.115 total · best 1
0.05 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.011 total · best 1
10 July 1976 · Pepsi Grand Slam · Final · Clay
Nastase won 6-4 6-3
30 Nov 1975 · Masters · Round robin · CarpetNastase won 3-6 6-4 6-4
27 Aug 1975 · US Open · Quarterfinal · ClayOrantes won 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3
11 Aug 1975 · Montreal / Toronto · Final · ClayOrantes won 7-6 6-0 6-1
19 May 1975 · Hamburg · Semifinal · ClayOrantes won 7-5 6-4 2-6 6-7 7-5
21 Apr 1975 · Madrid · Final · ClayNastase won 7-6 6-1 2-6 6-3