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Stan Smith v Ilie Nastase: stats compared | Lineball
Nastase wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Smith 1,074 matches, Nastase 1,187 matches.
Nastase has 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Smith’s 50 titles (one every 20 matches).
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.
0.150 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
14.215,212 total · best 45Games wonper game14.216,866 total · best 33
66.2Sets won %67.0
55.3Games won %56.4
0.176 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1105 total · best 1
Head to head
818 matches since 196910
Hard · 9 matchesSmith 4Nastase 5
Clay · 3 matchesSmith 0Nastase 3
Grass · 3 matchesSmith 1Nastase 2
Carpet · 3 matchesSmith 3Nastase 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesSmith 1Nastase 2
Finals · 8 matchesSmith 4Nastase 4
Last meetings
5 July 1982 · Gstaad · Round of 32 · ClayNastase won 6-1 2-6 6-0
20 Apr 1981 · Las Vegas · Round of 32 · HardSmith won 7-6 6-1
13 Aug 1979 · Cleveland · Final · HardSmith won 7-6 7-5
15 June 1976 · Nottingham · Round of 16 · GrassNastase won 6-4 6-3
27 May 1974 · Rome · Semifinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.71,821 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.82,090 total · best 3
0.9929 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.91,029 total · best 3
11.512,317 total · best 42Games lostper game · lower is better11.013,036 total · best 31
0.3293 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2237 total · best 3
0.1143 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1138 total · best 1
0.113 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.117 total · best 1
0.114 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.125 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.121 total · best 1
0.11 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.05 total · best 1
Nastase won 6-2 6-2 6-4
29 Oct 1973 · Paris Indoor · Final · HardNastase won 4-6 6-1 3-6 6-0 6-2
28 Nov 1972 · Masters · Final · HardNastase won 6-3 6-2 3-6 2-6 6-3
26 June 1972 · Wimbledon · Final · GrassSmith won 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5
28 Feb 1972 · Hampton · Final · CarpetSmith won 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-4
13 Feb 1972 · Salisbury · Final · CarpetSmith won 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-4