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Ilie Nastase vs Ken Rosewall Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ilie Nastase seasons:19851984198319821981
Ken Rosewall seasons:19801979197819771976
🇷🇴 Ilie Nastase
🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall
Age: 79y 244d (1946-07-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1934-11-02) Age: 91y 138d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
3 - 6
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 2–2Clay 0–2Grass 0–1
Others 35Slam 01
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🇷🇴Ilie Nastase and 🇦🇺Ken Rosewall have met 9 times. Ken Rosewall currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 63.

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%).

🇦🇺Ken Rosewall, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 546192 from 738 matches (73.98% win rate). His hard-court record is 13651 (72.73%), on clay he stands at 13436 (78.82%), and on grass he has gone 14539 (78.80%) , with a carpet record of 13166 (66.50%). He has accumulated 40 titles in total (10 hard, 14 clay, 8 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1327 (32.50%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 4 times, the record is tied 22 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 20 (100.00% for Ken Rosewall) across 2 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for Ken Rosewall).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1977-09-17WCT Tournament of ChampionsHardQF17🇦🇺Ken Rosewall9🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-3 6-33------0/0
1977-03-16St. Louis WCTCarpetQF5🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (4)12🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-7(5) 7-5 6-33------0/0
1976-11-08Hong KongHardF14🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)3🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (1)1-6 6-4 7-6 6-05------0/0
1976-05-23WCT Challenge CupHardRR6🇷🇴Ilie Nastase10🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-0 6-2 6-25------0/0
1975-08-04North ConwayClaySF3🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)9🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (3)7-5 1-6 7-63------0/0
1975-03-31TucsonHardSF7🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (5)6🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)3-6 7-5 6-23------0/0
1970-07-20CincinnatiClaySF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (1)-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (3)6-0 6-33------0/0
1969-08-27US OpenGrassR16-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (6)-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-1 7-5 4-6 6-35------0/0
1969-02-03PhiladelphiaCarpetR32-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-1 6-43------0/0

Wins

Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall
36Overall
01Grand Slam
35Others
22Hard
02Clay
01Grass
11Indoor Hard

Sets Format

33.3%2
66.7%4
Bo3
33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%3
2 Sets
75.0%3
25.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall

Sets

38.5%10
61.5%16
All
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
50.0%6
50.0%6
Hard
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grass
20.0%1
80.0%4
Clay
40.0%2
60.0%3
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall

Games

47.7%115
52.3%126
All
39.5%15
60.5%23
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
53.3%56
46.7%49
Hard
39.5%15
60.5%23
Grass
42.6%20
57.4%27
Clay
47.1%24
52.9%27
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall

Overview

By Surface

Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall

By Tournament Level

Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall

By Round

Ilie Nastase
Ken Rosewall

By Opponent Ranking

Ilie NastaseKen Rosewall
50%7-7
vs Top 1
14.3%1-6
36.6%26-45
vs Top 5
30%6-14
38.3%44-71
vs Top 10
32.5%13-27
47.8%96-105
vs Top 20
39.7%29-44
63.3%340-197
vs Top 100
60.5%124-81
79.1%140-37
vs +100
90%63-7
37%71-121
vs Higher
33.3%17-34
78.4%409-113
vs Lower
75.9%170-54

Opponent Breakdown

Ilie NastaseKen Rosewall
68.5%529-243
Vs Younger
72.9%502-187
79.1%326-86
Vs Older
82.1%23-5
73.5%746-269
Vs Right-Handed
76.3%453-141
70.6%142-59
Vs Left-Handed
61.4%81-51
51.1%23-22
Vs 2H Backhand
11.1%1-8
56.5%65-50
Vs 1H Backhand
65.3%47-25
64.9%279-151
Vs Shorter
50%2-2
63.8%171-97
Vs Taller
67.1%340-167

Pressure Situations