Ilie Năstase
Ilie Năstase in 2009
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| Country (sports) | Romania |
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| Born |
19 July 1946 Bucharest, Romania |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 1969 |
| Retired | 1985 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 2,076,761 |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1991 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 780–305 (71.89%) (during Open Era, listed by ATP) |
| Career titles | 58 (12th in the Open Era) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (23 August 1973) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1981) |
| French Open | W (1973) |
| Wimbledon | F (1972, 1976) |
| US Open | W (1972) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975) |
| WCT Finals | QF (1974, 1977, 1978) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 479–208 |
| Career titles | 45 (ATP listed) |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (30 August 1977) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | F (1969Ch, 1971Ch, 1972) |
Ilie "Nasty" Năstase (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈli.e nəsˈtase], born 19 July 1946) is a Romanian former world No. 1 professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. He was ranked world no. 1 between 1973 (23 August) and 1974 (2 June). Năstase is one of the five players in history who have won more than 100 ATP professional titles (58 singles and 45 in doubles). He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991. Năstase won seven Grand Slam titles: two in singles, three in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles. He also won four Masters Grand Prix year-end championship titles and seven Championship Series titles (1970–73), the precursors to the current Masters 1000. Tennis magazine ranked him in 2005 as the 28th-best player of the preceding 40 years. He is the second male player to have won a Grand Slam event without dropping a set and was the first one to achieve this feat at the French Open (1973).
At the beginning of his career in 1966, Năstase travelled around the world competing with his good friend Ion Țiriac. Together, they represented Romania in the Davis Cup competition, being three times runners up: in 1969, 1971, and 1972.
In singles, Năstase won his first tournament at Cannes on 16 April 1967. His first victories against top players happened in 1969 in Stockholm, where he defeated Tony Roche and Stan Smith.
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