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Ilie Nastase vs John Alexander Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ilie Nastase seasons:19851984198319821981
John Alexander seasons:19851984198319821981
🇷🇴 Ilie Nastase
🇦🇺 John Alexander
Age: 79y 244d (1946-07-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1951-07-04) Age: 74y 259d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
12 - 6
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 2–1Clay 6–3Grass 0–0
Others 126
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🇷🇴Ilie Nastase and 🇦🇺John Alexander have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 18 times. Ilie Nastase currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 126.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇷🇴Ilie Nastase has compiled an overall career record of 908329 across 1237 matches, translating to a win rate of 73.40%. On hard courts his record stands at 16684 (66.40%), while on clay he holds a 429112 (79.30%) mark. On grass the numbers read 8432 (72.41%) , and on carpet 223101 (68.83%). Throughout his career he has won 64 titles (11 hard, 31 clay, 3 grass, 19 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 4471 (38.26%).

🇦🇺John Alexander, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 591434 from 1025 matches (57.66% win rate). His hard-court record is 10387 (54.21%), on clay he stands at 225132 (63.03%), and on grass he has gone 15396 (61.45%) , with a carpet record of 110119 (48.03%). He has accumulated 8 titles in total (3 hard, 2 clay, 2 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 2481 (22.86%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Ilie Nastase leading 21 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 63 (66.67% for Ilie Nastase) across 9 matches.

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1981-08-03IndianapolisClayR32149🇦🇺John Alexander80🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-3 6-23------0/0
1980-02-19WCT InvitationalCarpetRR63🇷🇴Ilie Nastase20🇦🇺John Alexander7-6 6-23------0/0
1979-04-09Monte-Carlo WCTClayQF18🇦🇺John Alexander17🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (5)6-3 5-7 6-43------0/0
1979-01-29Richmond WCTCarpetR3215🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (6)23🇦🇺John Alexander6-7 6-4 6-43------0/0
1978-07-10Forest Hills WCTClayRR13🇷🇴Ilie Nastase15🇦🇺John Alexander6-2 6-23------0/0
1978-02-06St. Louis WCTCarpetR1622🇦🇺John Alexander10🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (6)6-3 6-7 6-23------0/0
1977-03-22Rotterdam WCTCarpetQF5🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (2)26🇦🇺John Alexander6-4 6-23------0/0
1976-05-23WCT Challenge CupHardRR6🇷🇴Ilie Nastase20🇦🇺John Alexander6-3 6-4 7-65------0/0
1976-01-14Atlanta WCTCarpetSF7🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (2)8🇦🇺John Alexander (3)7-5 6-23------0/0
1975-08-11Toronto-2ClayQF8🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (4)14🇦🇺John Alexander (6)6-3 6-7 6-23------0/0
1975-03-31TucsonHardF17🇦🇺John Alexander (12)7🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (5)7-5 6-23------0/0
1974-04-08Monte-Carlo WCTClayQF1🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (2)28🇦🇺John Alexander (8)7-6(6) 6-43------0/0
1974-02-25Miami WCTCarpetQF26🇦🇺John Alexander1🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (1)7-6(6) 6-33------0/0
1973-09-17Los AngelesHardR1610🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (2)29🇦🇺John Alexander6-3 6-23------0/0
1973-08-06CincinnatiClayQF-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (1)-🇦🇺John Alexander6-3 7-63------0/0
1970-08-17KitzbuhelClayQF-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-2 3-6 6-13------0/0
1970-05-11BrusselsClayR16-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase-🇦🇺John Alexander6-2 3-6 6-1 6-05------0/0
1968-05-06RomeClayR32-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (13)-🇦🇺John Alexander6-2 7-5 6-15------0/0

Wins

Ilie Nastase
John Alexander
126Overall
126Others
21Hard
63Clay
42Indoor Hard

Sets Format

60.0%9
40.0%6
Bo3
100.0%3
0.0%0
Bo5
70.0%7
30.0%3
2 Sets
57.1%4
42.9%3
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ilie Nastase
John Alexander

Deciding

40.0%2
60.0%3
Decider Set
75.0%6
25.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ilie Nastase
John Alexander

Sets

66.7%30
33.3%15
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
71.4%5
28.6%2
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%16
33.3%8
Clay
64.3%9
35.7%5
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
John Alexander

Games

55.2%239
44.8%194
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
55.1%38
44.9%31
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
56.4%124
43.6%96
Clay
53.5%77
46.5%67
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
John Alexander

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Ilie Nastase
John Alexander

By Tournament Level

Ilie Nastase
John Alexander

By Round

Ilie Nastase
John Alexander

By Opponent Ranking

Ilie NastaseJohn Alexander
50%7-7
vs Top 1
7.7%1-12
36.6%26-45
vs Top 5
14.6%7-41
38.3%44-71
vs Top 10
22.9%24-81
47.8%96-105
vs Top 20
32.6%60-124
63.3%340-197
vs Top 100
49.2%227-234
79.1%140-37
vs +100
74.4%160-55
37%71-121
vs Higher
34.3%82-157
78.4%409-113
vs Lower
69.8%305-132

Opponent Breakdown

Ilie NastaseJohn Alexander
68.5%529-243
Vs Younger
54.5%234-195
79.1%326-86
Vs Older
57.7%321-235
73.5%746-269
Vs Right-Handed
58.6%501-354
70.6%142-59
Vs Left-Handed
45.5%66-79
51.1%23-22
Vs 2H Backhand
11.8%2-15
56.5%65-50
Vs 1H Backhand
42.4%36-49
64.9%279-151
Vs Shorter
49.7%325-329
63.8%171-97
Vs Taller
42.1%24-33

Pressure Situations