Ilie Năstase career statistics

Năstase playing a Davis Cup match against The Netherlands in The Hague (1973)

These are the main career statistics of Romanian former professional tennis player Ilie Năstase, whose playing career lasted from 1969 through 1985.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 5 finals (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	1971	French Open	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–8, 2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	0–2	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	1–2	1972	US Open	Grass	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(1–5), 6–4, 6–3
Win	2–2	1973	French Open	Clay	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	2–3	1976	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Björn Borg	4–6, 2–6, 7–9

Doubles: 5 finals (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1966	French Championships	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Clark Graebner Dennis Ralston	3–6, 3–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	1970	French Open	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–2	1973	French Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	John Newcombe Tom Okker	1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	2–2	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Jimmy Connors	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3), 6–1
Win	3–2	1975	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6

Mixed doubles: 3 finals (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Olga Morozova Alex Metreveli	6–3, 4–6, 9–7
Win	2–0	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–1	1972	US Open	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	3–6, 5–7

Year-End Championships

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1971	Paris	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner	1972	Barcelona	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	1973	Boston	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1974	Melbourne	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	1975	Stockholm	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Qualifying matches and Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses.

• * including 57 pre-ATP and ATP titles
• ** including 749 – 287 (overall – 1036) listed by the ATP

ATP Career finals

Singles: 96 (58 titles, 38 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1969	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nikola Pilić	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner	1.	1970	Salisbury, US	Carpet (i)	Cliff Richey	6–8, 3–6, 6–4, 9–7, 6–0
Winner	2.	1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6
Runner-up	2.	1970	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Tom Okker	3–6, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1971	Richmond, US	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1971	Macon, U.S.	Hard	Željko Franulović	4–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7
Winner	4.	1971	Hampton, US	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	7–5, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	5.	1971	Nice, France	Hard	Jan Kodeš	10–8, 11–9, 6–1
Winner	6.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tom Okker	3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	1971	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	0–6, 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–8, 2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner	7.	1971	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jan Leschly	6–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	8.	1971	Wembley, UK	Hard (i)	Rod Laver	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Željko Franulović	3–6, 6–7, 1–6
Winner	9.	1971	Tennis Masters Cup, Paris	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	10.	1972	Baltimore, US	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	11.	1972	Omaha, US	Hard (i)	Ion Țiriac	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	1972	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	1972	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	3–6, 2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	1972	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	František Pala	6–1, 6–0, 6–3
Winner	13.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	František Pala	6–0, 6–0, 6–1
Winner	14.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–0, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	1972	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	15.	1972	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	6–0, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	16.	1972	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Andrew Pattison	6–4, 6–3
Winner	17.	1972	US Open, New York	Grass	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	18.	1972	South Orange, US	Hard	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–4
Winner	19.	1972	Seattle, US	Hard	Tom Gorman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	20.	1972	London	Carpet (i)	Tom Gorman	6–4, 6–3
Winner	21.	1972	Tennis Masters Cup, Barcelona (2)	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	22.	1973	Omaha, US	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	5–0, retired
Winner	23.	1973	Calgary, Canada	Hard (i)	Paul Gerken	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	12.	1973	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	24.	1973	Washington D.C., US	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	25.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	26.	1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco (3)	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	27.	1973	Madrid, Spain (2)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1
Winner	28.	1973	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	1973	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Adriano Panatta	8–6, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	29.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	30.	1973	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	31.	1973	Queen's Club, London	Grass	Roger Taylor	9–8, 6–3
Winner	32.	1973	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roy Emerson	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	33.	1973	Cincinnati, US	Clay	Manuel Orantes	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	34.	1973	Torneo Godó-Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
Winner	35.	1973	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	1973	London	Carpet	Tom Okker	3–6, 4–6
Winner	36.	1973	Tennis Masters Cup, Boston (3)	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	37.	1974	Richmond, US	Carpet	Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tom Okker	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	16.	1974	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 4–6
Winner	38.	1974	Washington WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	17.	1974	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Andrew Pattison	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	39.	1974	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	18.	1974	Rome, Italy	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	40.	1974	Cedar Grove, US	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–4, 7–6
Winner	41.	1974	Madrid, Spain (3)	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	42.	1974	Torneo Godó-Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	8–6, 9–7, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	1974	Tennis Masters Cup, Melbourne	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	20.	1975	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Jiří Hřebec	1–6, 6–7, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	21.	1975	Tucson, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	5–7, 2–6
Winner	43.	1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–1, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	44.	1975	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–0
Winner	45.	1975	Madrid, Spain (4)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	22.	1975	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	23.	1975	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Manuel Orantes	6–7, 0–6, 1–6
Winner	46.	1975	South Orange, US	Clay	Bob Hewitt	7–6, 6–1
Winner	47.	1975	Tennis Masters Cup, Stockholm (4)	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	48.	1976	Atlanta WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Jeff Borowiak	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	1976	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gorman	5–7, 3–6
Winner	49.	1976	Salisbury, US	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	25.	1976	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	50.	1976	La Costa, US	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	26.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 6–7
Winner	51.	1976	Honolulu Challenge Cup	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 1–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	28.	1976	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Jimmy Connors	2–6 6–4, 1–1 match abandoned (rain)
Runner-up	29.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	4–6, 2–6, 7–9
Winner	52.	1976	Pepsi Grand Slam, Myrtle Beach	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3
Winner	53.	1976	South Orange, US	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	30.	1976	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 3–6
Winner	54.	1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	31.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Dick Stockton	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	55.	1977	Las Vegas Challenge Cup, US	Hard	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	32.	1977	Virginia Beach, U.S.	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	56.	1977	Aix en Provence, France	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5, ret.
Winner	57.	1978	Miami, US	Carpet (i)	Tom Gullikson	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	33.	1978	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	34.	1978	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	35.	1978	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–1, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	58.	1978	Montego Bay Challenge Cup, Jamaica	Hard	Peter Fleming	2–6, 5–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	36.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	37.	1981	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	38.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	5–7, 3–6

Sources

• Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946–2003, Paris, 2003. Sutter has attempted to list all tournaments meeting his criteria for selection beginning with 1946 and ending in the fall of 1991. For each tournament, he has indicated the city, the date of the final, the winner, the runner-up, and the score of the final. A tournament is included in his list if: (1) the draw for the tournament included at least eight players (with a few exceptions, such as the Pepsi Grand Slam tournaments in the second half of the 1970s); and (2) the level of the tournaments was at least equal to the present day challenger tournaments. Sutter's book is probably the most exhaustive source of tennis tournament information since World War II, even though some professional tournaments held before the start of the open era are missing. Later, Sutter issued a second edition of his book, with only the players, their wins, and years from 1946 to 27 April 2003, period.
• John Barrett, editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London, from 1976 to 1983.
• Joe McCauley in Mr Nastase: The Autobiography, by Ilie Năstase with Debbie Beckerman, 2004.
• 1982 WCT Yearbook
• ATP Official Guide to Professional Tennis 2004 (page G18).

Other titles (28)

Here are Năstase's tournament wins that are not included in the statistics on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website. The website is very incomplete from 1968 to 1970 and has some omissions for tournaments held since 1968.

Năstase won several tournaments during the early years of his career that were equivalent to the present day "challenger" tournaments. Because the term "challenger" started to be applied to second-rank tournaments in 1978, those tournaments are termed "minor tournaments" in the following list.

• 1967 – Cannes (minor tournament), Travemünde (minor tournament)
• 1968 – Viareggio, Bucharest (minor tournament)
• 1969 – Madras (minor tournament), New Delhi (minor tournament), Gauhati (minor tournament), Travemünde, La Corogne, Budapest, Denver
• 1970 – Napoli, Ancona
• 1971 – Omaha, Istanbul
• 1973 – Istanbul, Kingston
• 1974 – Portland, World Invitational Tennis Classic (WITC) at Hilton Head (four-man invitational tournament, not to be confused with the CBS Classic tournament also played at Hilton Head)
• 1975 – WITC at Hilton Head (four-man invitational tournament), Helsinki, Dutch Round Robin (Utrecht Netherlands), Graz, Uppsala
• 1976 – Caracas (a four-man invitation tournament in October, not to be confused with the Caracas WCT in March that was won by Raúl Ramírez), Argentine Round Robin (invitational tournament)
• 1977 – Rotterdam World Star (invitational tournament)
• 1978 – Frankfurt (invitational tournament)

Doubles titles (45)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1970	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ion Țiriac	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	6–4, 6–3
2.	1970	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
3.	1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ion Țiriac	William Bowrey Owen Davidson	0–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–8, 6–1
4.	1970	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–4
5.	1971	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ion Țiriac	Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
6.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Tom Okker Roger Taylor	1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
7.	1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Željko Franulović	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–4, 6–4
8.	1972	Kansas City, U.S.	Indoor	Ion Țiriac	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
9.	1972	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ion Țiriac	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–6
10.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Stan Smith	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–2
11.	1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Lew Hoad Frew McMillan	3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–3, RET.
12.	1972	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Bob Hewitt Ion Țiriac	4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
13.	1972	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal	7–6, 6–3
14.	1973	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	Jürgen Fassbender Juan Gisbert	6–2, 6–4
15.	1973	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Mike Estep	Szabolcz Baranyi Péter Szőke	7–6, 6–3
16.	1973	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	Jimmy Connors Ion Țiriac	6–2, 6–1
17.	1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Juan Gisbert	Georges Goven Patrick Proisy	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
18.	1973	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jimmy Connors	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9, 6–1
19.	1973	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	Richard Pancho Gonzales Tom Gorman	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
20.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Tom Okker	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
21.	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
22.	1973	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–4
23.	1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	7–6, 7–5
24.	1974	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Juan Gisbert	Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci	6–2, 7–5
25.	1974	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
26.	1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
27.	1974	London, England	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
28.	1975	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	Jan Kodeš Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
29.	1975	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Dick Crealy John Lloyd	7–6, 7–5
30.	1975	US Open, New York	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 6–4
31.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7–6, 4–6, 9–7
32.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Alex Metreveli	Tom Okker Adriano Panatta	6–4, 7–5
33.	1977	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
34.	1977	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Adriano Panatta	Mark Cox Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
35.	1977	Houston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Adriano Panatta	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4
36.	1977	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Ion Țiriac	Patrice Dominguez Rolf Norberg	7–5, 7–6
37.	1979	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	Steve Krulevitz	John James Keith Richardson	7–6, 6–3
38.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Victor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
39.	1979	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	1–6, 6–3, 7–6
40.	1979	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Raymond Moore	Steve Docherty Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
41.	1979	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Tom Okker	Mike Cahill Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
42.	1981	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Adriano Panatta	John Feaver Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
43.	1981	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	José Luis Clerc	Markus Günthardt Pavel Složil	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
44.	1981	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Yannick Noah	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–4, 6–4
45.	1985	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Brad Gilbert	Michael Robertson Florin Segărceanu	6–3, 6–2

Records

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

References