Orantes v Nastase
ATP Tour career
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Ilie Nastase takes it, 5–4 on categories
Nastase wins on titles. Orantes’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Orantes 979 matches, Nastase 1,187 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.
- 0.137 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 13.413,145 total · best 36Games wonper game14.216,866 total · best 33
- 68.0Sets won %67.0
- 57.5Games won %56.4
- 0.173 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1105 total · best 1
Head to head
824 matches
since 196916
since 196916
- Clay · 13 matchesOrantes 5Nastase 8
- Carpet · 5 matchesOrantes 3Nastase 2
- Hard · 3 matchesOrantes 0Nastase 3
- Grass · 3 matchesOrantes 0Nastase 3
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesOrantes 2Nastase 1
- Finals · 10 matchesOrantes 2Nastase 8
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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