Cliff Richey vs Ilie Nastase Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Richey 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 8–5.

Looking at their individual career profiles, Cliff Richey has compiled an overall career record of 488–223 across 711 matches, translating to a win rate of 68.64%. On hard courts his record stands at 140–66 (67.96%), while on clay he holds a 172–63 (73.19%) mark. On grass the numbers read 53–22 (70.67%) , and on carpet 123–72 (63.08%). Throughout his career he has won 23 titles (7 hard, 10 clay, 1 grass, 5 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 5–22 (18.52%).

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 5 times, with Ilie Nastase leading 3–2 (60.00%). The clay record between them sits at 3–1 (75.00% for Cliff Richey) across 4 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Ilie Nastase).