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Ilie Nastase vs Paul Gerken Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ilie Nastase seasons:19851984198319821981
Paul Gerken seasons:19771975197419731972
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ Ilie Nastase
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Paul Gerken
Age: 79y 244d (1946-07-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1950-03-15) Age: 76y 5d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
3 - 1
Wins: 75.0% - 25.0%
Hard 1–1Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 3–1
WWLW
LLWL

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Ilie Nastase and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken have met 4 times. Ilie Nastase currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Ilie Nastase has compiled an overall career record of 908–329 across 1237 matches, translating to a win rate of 73.40%. On hard courts his record stands at 166–84 (66.40%), while on clay he holds a 429–112 (79.30%) mark. On grass the numbers read 84–32 (72.41%) , and on carpet 223–101 (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 44–71 (38.26%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 120–126 from 246 matches (48.78% win rate). His hard-court record is 32–28 (53.33%), on clay he stands at 35–45 (43.75%), and on grass he has gone 26–26 (50.00%) , with a carpet record of 27–27 (50.00%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1–12 (7.69%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, the record is tied 1–1 (50.00% each).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1973-02-12CalgaryHardF-πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Ilie Nastase (1)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-4 7-63------0/0
1973-02-05Salt Lake CityHardSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken-πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Ilie Nastase (1)4-6 6-3 6-23------0/0
1972-09-11SeattleCarpetR16-πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Ilie Nastase-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken7-6 6-43------0/0
1972-02-21New York-1CarpetR32-πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Ilie Nastase-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken7-5 6-43------0/0

Wins

Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken
3–1Overall
3–1Others
1–1Hard
2–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

75.0%3
25.0%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%3
0.0%0
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%1
Decider Set
100.0%2
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken

Sets

77.8%7
22.2%2
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
60.0%3
40.0%2
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%4
0.0%0
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken

Games

52.6%50
47.4%45
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
48.0%24
52.0%26
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
57.8%26
42.2%19
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken

Overview

By Surface

Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken

By Tournament Level

Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken

By Round

Ilie Nastase
Paul Gerken

By Opponent Ranking

Ilie NastasePaul Gerken
50%7-7
vs Top 1
0%0-1
36.6%26-45
vs Top 5
14.3%1-6
38.3%44-71
vs Top 10
7.7%1-12
47.8%96-105
vs Top 20
10%2-18
63.3%340-197
vs Top 100
32.1%26-55
79.1%140-37
vs +100
65.6%21-11
37%71-121
vs Higher
28.6%18-45
78.4%409-113
vs Lower
59.2%29-20

Opponent Breakdown

Ilie NastasePaul Gerken
68.5%529-243
Vs Younger
41.2%28-40
79.1%326-86
Vs Older
49.1%82-85
73.5%746-269
Vs Right-Handed
51%107-103
70.6%142-59
Vs Left-Handed
26.7%8-22
51.1%23-22
Vs 2H Backhand
25%2-6
56.5%65-50
Vs 1H Backhand
42.9%9-12
64.9%279-151
Vs Shorter
42.2%43-59
63.8%171-97
Vs Taller
40.5%17-25

Pressure Situations