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Cliff Richey v Ilie Nastase: stats compared | Lineball
Nastase wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Richey 706 matches, Nastase 1,187 matches.
Nastase has 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Richey’s 24 titles (one every 25 matches).
Nastase averages 1.8 sets won a match to Richey’s 1.7 (7% more).
Longevity: Nastase has 1,187 matches across 18 seasons, Richey 706 in 12 — 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.
0.024 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
13.79,671 total · best 32Games wonper game14.216,866 total · best 33
64.6Sets won %67.0
55.5Games won %56.4
0.141 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1105 total · best 1
Head to head
513 matches since 19708
Hard · 6 matchesRichey 3Nastase 3
Clay · 3 matchesRichey 2Nastase 1
Carpet · 3 matchesRichey 0Nastase 3
Grass · 1 matchRichey 0Nastase 1
Grand Slams · 2 matchesRichey 1Nastase 1
Finals · 2 matchesRichey 0Nastase 2
Last meetings
13 Feb 1978 · Palm Springs · Round of 16 · HardNastase won 6-2 7-5
21 July 1975 · Washington · Quarterfinal · ClayRichey won 7-6 6-5
15 Jan 1974 · Lakeway · Semifinal · HardRichey won 6-1 6-1
28 Feb 1972 · Hampton · Semifinal · CarpetNastase won 3-6 6-0 6-2
4 Dec 1971 · Masters · Round robin · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.71,168 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.82,090 total · best 3
0.9639 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.91,029 total · best 3
11.07,770 total · best 35Games lostper game · lower is better11.013,036 total · best 31
0.2155 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2237 total · best 3
0.164 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1138 total · best 1
0.121 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.117 total · best 1
0.16 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.125 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.121 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.05 total · best 1
Nastase won 5-7 6-4 8-6
27 Jan 1971 · Omaha · Final · CarpetNastase won 6-4 6-3 6-1
18 July 1970 · Washington · Semifinal · HardRichey won 6-3 6-2
22 June 1970 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassNastase won 7-5 1-6 2-6 6-4 6-3
12 May 1970 · Brussels · Semifinal · ClayNastase won 6-0 6-4 6-2
1 May 1970 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayRichey won 7-5 9-7 4-6 6-3