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Ilie Nastase vs Zeljko Franulovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ilie Nastase seasons:19851984198319821981
Zeljko Franulovic seasons:19831982198119801979
🇷🇴 Ilie Nastase
🇭🇷 Zeljko Franulovic
Age: 79y 299d (1946-07-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1947-06-13) Age: 78y 335d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
11 - 5
Wins: 68.8% - 31.3%
Hard 1–0Clay 6–4Grass 1–0
Others 8–4Davis Cup 1–1Finals 1–0Slam 1–0
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🇷🇴Ilie Nastase and 🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 16 times. Ilie Nastase currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 11–5.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇷🇴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%).

🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 414–310 from 724 matches (57.18% win rate). His hard-court record is 33–52 (38.82%), on clay he stands at 305–167 (64.62%), and on grass he has gone 10–11 (47.62%) , with a carpet record of 55–75 (42.31%). He has accumulated 13 titles in total (11 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 5–39 (11.36%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Ilie Nastase leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 6–4 (60.00% for Ilie Nastase) across 10 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Ilie Nastase).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1979-01-15Birmingham WCTCarpetR3216🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (8)39🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic7-6 6-43------0/0
1978-04-17Houston WCTClaySF13🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (6)45🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic6-2 4-6 6-13------0/0
1978-04-10Monte-Carlo WCTClayR3213🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (8)42🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic6-4 6-23------0/0
1977-09-26Aix-en-ProvenceClayQF11🇷🇴Ilie Nastase35🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic3-6 6-2 6-13------0/0
1976-06-21WimbledonGrassR647🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (3)48🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic6-1 7-5 6-35------0/0
1976-01-14Atlanta WCTCarpetR167🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (2)69🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic6-3 6-23------0/0
1975-05-12BournemouthClayR167🇷🇴Ilie Nastase110🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic6-0 6-13------0/0
1971-12-04MastersHardRR-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic3-6 6-1 6-23------0/0
1971-11-25Buenos AiresClayF-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-3 7-6 6-15------0/0
1971-06-11Davis Cup EUR SF: ROU vs YUGClayRR-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic7-5 6-2 6-35------0/0
1971-03-02HamptonCarpetSF-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic1-6 6-0 6-2 5-7 7-55------0/0
1971-02-23MaconCarpetF-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-4 7-5 5-7 3-6 7-65------0/0
1970-08-10HamburgClayQF-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (3)-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic (6)8-10 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-25------0/0
1970-06-12Davis Cup EUR SF: YUG vs ROUClayRR-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-3 3-6 6-2 6-15------0/0
1970-04-13Monte-CarloClaySF-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase (8)7-5 6-3 4-6 6-15------0/0
1969-08-04HamburgClayR16-🇭🇷Zeljko Franulovic-🇷🇴Ilie Nastase6-3 6-2 2-6 6-45------0/0

Wins

Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic
11–5Overall
1–0Grand Slam
8–4Others
1–0Tour Finals
1–1Davis Cup
1–0Hard
6–4Clay
1–0Grass
3–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%7
0.0%0
Bo3
44.4%4
55.6%5
Bo5
100.0%4
0.0%0
2 Sets
83.3%5
16.7%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%3
4 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
5 Sets
Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic

Deciding

83.3%5
16.7%1
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic

Sets

58.5%31
41.5%22
All
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
66.7%2
33.3%1
Hard
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grass
51.5%17
48.5%16
Clay
64.3%9
35.7%5
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic

Games

54.5%269
45.5%225
All
67.9%19
32.1%9
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
62.5%15
37.5%9
Hard
67.9%19
32.1%9
Grass
52.2%157
47.8%144
Clay
55.3%78
44.7%63
Carpet
Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic

By Tournament Level

Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic

By Round

Ilie Nastase
Zeljko Franulovic

By Opponent Ranking

Ilie NastaseZeljko Franulovic
50%7-7
vs Top 1
0%0-2
36.6%26-45
vs Top 5
11.8%2-15
38.3%44-71
vs Top 10
11.4%5-39
47.8%96-105
vs Top 20
18.8%16-69
63.3%340-197
vs Top 100
40.3%108-160
79.1%140-37
vs +100
75%99-33
37%71-121
vs Higher
31.9%59-126
78.4%409-113
vs Lower
68.8%148-67

Opponent Breakdown

Ilie NastaseZeljko Franulovic
68.5%529-243
Vs Younger
54.3%197-166
79.1%326-86
Vs Older
55.8%179-142
73.5%746-269
Vs Right-Handed
57.1%350-263
70.6%142-59
Vs Left-Handed
48.4%44-47
51.1%23-22
Vs 2H Backhand
20%1-4
56.5%65-50
Vs 1H Backhand
37.1%23-39
64.9%279-151
Vs Shorter
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63.8%171-97
Vs Taller
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