Arthur Ashe vs Ilie Nastase Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Arthur Ashe and Ilie Nastase have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 13 times. Ilie Nastase currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–6.

Looking at their individual career profiles, Arthur Ashe has compiled an overall career record of 798–260 across 1058 matches, translating to a win rate of 75.43%. On hard courts his record stands at 200–64 (75.76%), while on clay he holds a 176–74 (70.40%) mark. On grass the numbers read 137–36 (79.19%) , and on carpet 285–86 (76.82%). Throughout his career he has won 45 titles (9 hard, 6 clay, 7 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–41 (46.05%).

Ilie Nastase, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 908–329 from 1237 matches (73.40% win rate). His hard-court record is 166–84 (66.40%), on clay he stands at 429–112 (79.30%), and on grass he has gone 84–32 (72.41%) , with a carpet record of 223–101 (68.83%). He has accumulated 64 titles in total (11 hard, 31 clay, 3 grass, 19 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 44–71 (38.26%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 6 times, the record is tied 3–3 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 1–1 (50.00% each) across 2 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Ilie Nastase).