Ilie Năstase

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Ilie Năstase

Country	Romania
Residence	-
Date of birth	July 19, 1946 (1946-07-19) (age 62)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)
Turned pro	1969 (debut in 1966)
Retired	1985
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$2,076,761
Int. Tennis HOF	1991 (member page)
Singles
Career record	748–283
Career titles	88 including 57 listed by the ATP Website
Highest ranking	No. 1 (August 23, 1973)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	W (1973)
Wimbledon	F (1972, 1976)
US Open	W (1972)
Major tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)
Doubles
Career record	480–207
Career titles	45
Highest ranking	59 (January 3, 1983)
Last updated on: April 7, 2007.

Ilie Năstase (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈli.e nəsˈtase]; born July 19, 1946, in Bucharest, Romania) is a former Romanian professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 in 1973 according to the Association of Tennis Professionals ranking system, which placed him first from August 23, 1973 to June 2, 1974. He is one of the five players in the world to win more than 100 pro titles in singles (57) and doubles (51). ^[1] 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 Tennis Masters Cup championships. In 2005, Tennis magazine ranked him as the 28th-best player of the preceding forty years.

[edit] Career

At the beginning of his career in 1966 Năstase travelled around the world competing with his good friend Ion Ţiriac. 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 April 16, 1967. His first victories at top players happened in 1969 in Stockholm, where he defeated Tony Roche and Stan Smith.

Năstase became one of the best players in 1970, with many experts ranking him as the sixth best player in the world at that time after the Australians Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, and Roche and the American Ashe. Năstase's high ranking resulted from his success at the Italian Open in Rome and at the U.S. Indoor Open in Salisbury, Maryland. With Tiriac, Năstase won the men's doubles title at the French Open.

In 1971, Năstase was the runner-up at the French Open. where he lost the final in four sets to Jan Kodeš. In December, Năstase won his first Tennis Masters Cup.

In 1972, he became the second ranked player in the world, owing to his winning the US Open in a five-set final over Arthur Ashe. This tournament was the only event of the year in which all the best players participated. Two months before at Wimbledon, Năstase narrowly lost to Stan Smith in an epic ^[2] five sets final, one of the most exciting championship matches there.^[3] Although Smith took the title, public sympathy lay with the volatile Romanian. ^[4] In the Davis Cup, in which WCT players were still not allowed to participate, Năstase was undefeated in singles until losing to Smith in the final tie. In December, Năstase won his first match of the year against Smith and his second consecutive Tennis Masters Cup title. (The WCT players were again absent from the tournament).

In 1973 he was in sensational form. ^[5] By winning 17 tournaments, including the French Open, a doubles title at Wimbledon, a third Masters Cup, Năstase was the undisputed World No.1 that year. In the Davis Cup, he won 7 of 8 singles rubbers, including a victory over Tom Okker, the "Flying Dutchman." In matches against the other top players, Năstase was 1–0 against Newcombe and 1–1 against Smith. The Romanian won the French Open without dropping a set (a feat repeated by Björn Borg in 1978 and 1980 and by Rafael Nadal in 2008), and he won the French Open (clay), Rome (clay) and Queen's Club (grass) in succession, a feat never repeated in the open era, though Borg won Rome, the French Open, and Wimbledon in succession in 1978, and Nadal won the French Open, Queen's Club, and Wimbledon in succession in 2008.

In 1974 he was the only player to qualify for both the WCT Finals and the Tennis Masters Cup (also Newcombe played both events, although he played the Masters at Kooyong as an invitee instead of a qualifier). As usual, Năstase played well in the Masters Cup, in particular against Newcombe in the semifinals. (Năstase finished his career with a 4–1 record versus Newcombe, losing only their first match in 1969.) The Romanian, however, lost the final to Guillermo Vilas in five sets.

For the fifth consecutive year, Năstase reached the Tennis Masters Cup final in 1975, where he defeated Borg: 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.

During the first half of 1976, Năstase won four tournaments (Atlanta WCT, Avis Challenge Cup WCT, U.S. Open Indoor, and La Costa), and head-to-head, he led Connors 2–1, Vilas 1–0, Ashe 1–0, and Borg 1–0. Năstase did not enter the Australian Open, which was again avoided by most of the top players. Năstase was prevented from entering the French Open because he participated in World Team Tennis. In the second half of the year, Nastase lost to Borg in the men's singles final of Wimbledon and in the semifinals of the U.S. Open. Năstase won three other tournaments during the second half of the year, the Pepsi Grand Slam, South Orange, and the 4-man tournament of Caracas, Venezuela, in October (not to be confused with the Caracas WCT tournament in March), making seven tournament championships for the year. Năstase was the World No. 3, behind Connors and Borg.

In 1977 Năstase finished ninth in the ATP rankings. He was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and the French Open and participated in the WCT Finals. Năstase was still one of the 20 best players in 1978. At Wimbledon, he again reached the quarterfinals, losing to Okker after defeating Roscoe Tanner. During the remainder of his career, Năstase steadily declined and only occasionally defeated a good player, such as Johan Kriek in the third round of the 1982 U.S. Open. Năstase retired from the tour in October 1985 at the age of 39 after playing in the tournament in Toulouse, although he did play the challenger tournament at Dijon in June 1988.

[edit] Playing style

Nastase was a genius on the tennis court. ^[6] Considered one of the most gifted tennis players in history, Ilie Nastase was noted both for his sorcery with the racket and his ability to entertain, amusing spectators with his antics and mimicry. Even during a crucial phase of a match, he was likely to do something bizarre that would entertain the crowd. ^[7] Nicknamed the Bucharest Buffoon, Nastase could master all the shots, playing either baseline or serve-and-volley. ^[8] One of the fastest players, he is remembered for his magnificent lobs and retrieves. Nastase could apply a discomforting spin to his shots, being an expert at putting the ball just beyond an opponent’s reach. His greatest weakness was a fragile nervous system and erratic temperament, but when he maintained his concentration during a match, he could conjure up the most devastating tennis, ^[9] being regarded as a tennis magician ^[10] or an artist creating with great originality and panache. ^[11]

[edit] Distinctions

• Năstase won the Tennis Masters Cup tournament (today ATP World Tour Finals) four times, in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975. Only Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl succeeded to win more.
• He is one of the five tennis players in the world who won more than 100 pro titles (57 singles and 51 doubles) according to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website.^[12], though there are many titles that are not included in the ATP statistics. (see Career statistics section).
• He won the U.S. Open in 1972 (defeating Arthur Ashe in a five set final) and the French Open in 1973, without dropping a set, a performance repeated only by Björn Borg and Rafael Nadal.
• He was the singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1972, losing in five sets to Stan Smith, and in 1976, losing to Björn Borg.
• In men's doubles, he won Wimbledon in 1973 (with Jimmy Connors), the French Open in 1970 (with Ion Ţiriac), and the U.S. Open in 1975 (with Connors).
• Năstase was the first professional sports figure to sign an endorsement contract with Nike in 1972.
• Năstase and Connors were good friends, often playing doubles together. They refused to join the Association of Tennis Professionals, preferring to play in a parallel tour organized by their long-time manager Bill Riordan.
• He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.
• In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Năstase in the 28th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.
• Năstase wrote a couple of novels in French in the 1980s and entered politics in the 1990s, making an unsuccessful run for mayor of Bucharest in 1996.
• According to British media ^[13] Năstase is best remembered for being one of the best players never to win the singles title at Wimbledon, for his tantrums, and his good looks.
• In March 2009 Ilie Nastase was made a knight of the France's Legion d'honneur, being acclaimed for his "impressive sporting career" and "the sense of spectacle" created when playing ^[14]

[edit] Quotations

• "If you have confidence, you have patience. Confidence, that is everything."
• "As long as I can get angry, then I play well. If I play well, I can beat everybody. I am happy because I am getting angry."
• "My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything."
• "I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife."
• "Hello, racist." (Upon meeting any players from South Africa, due to the country's Apartheid government.)

[edit] Personal life

Maxim magazine has placed Năstase at number 6 on its top ten "Living Sex Legends" list, as he is reputed to have slept with over 2500 women.^[15] After hearing this, his wife said that she was happy to have conquered such a man.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles: 5 (2-3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1971	French Open	Clay	Jan Kodeš	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	1972	US Open	Grass	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	1973	French Open	Clay	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1976	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 9–7

[edit] Doubles: 5 (3-2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1966	French Championships	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Clark Graebner Dennis Ralston	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	1970	French Open	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1973	French Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	John Newcombe Tom Okker	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Jimmy Connors	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3), 6–1
Winner	1975	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6

[edit] Mixed doubles: 3 (2-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Olga Morozova Alex Metreveli	6–3, 4–6, 9–7
Winner	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1972	US Open	Grass	Rosemary Casals	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	6–3, 7–5

[edit] Year-End Championships

[edit] Singles: 5 (4^[16]-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1971	Paris	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	1972	Barcelona	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	1973	Boston	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1974	Melbourne	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	1975	Stockholm	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1

[edit] Singles titles (87)

[edit] Career official titles (59)

• * non-ATP listed events

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1969	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–4, 6–4, 8–10, 2–6, 6–3
2.	1970	*Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Richey	6–8, 3–6, 6–4, 9–7, 6–0
3.	1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6
4.	1971	Richmond, U.S.	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
5.	1971	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	7–5, 6–4, 7–6
6.	1971	Nice, France	Hard	Jan Kodeš	10–8, 11–9, 6–1
7.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tom Okker	3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
8.	1971	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jan Leschly	6–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
9.	1971	Wembley, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Rod Laver	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
10.	1971	Tennis Masters Cup, Paris	Carpet	Stan Smith	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
11.	1972	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–4, 7–6
12.	1972	Omaha, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ion Ţiriac	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
13.	1972	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Frantisek Pala	6–1, 6–0, 6–3
14.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Frantisek Pala	6–0, 6–0, 6–1
15.	1972	Nice, France	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–0, 6–4, 6–3
16.	1972	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	6–0, 6–2, 6–1
17.	1972	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Andrew Pattison	6–4, 6–3
18.	1972	US Open, New York City	Grass	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
19.	1972	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–4
20.	1972	Seattle, U.S.	Other	Tom Gorman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
21.	1972	London	Carpet	Tom Gorman	6–4, 6–3
22.	1972	Tennis Masters Cup, Barcelona	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
23.	1973	Omaha, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	5–0, retired
24.	1973	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Paul Gerken	6–4, 7–6
25.	1973	*Washington, D.C.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
26.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
27.	1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
28.	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1
29.	1973	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 0–6, 7–6, 6–4
30.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
31.	1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
32.	1973	Queen's Club, London	Grass	Roger Taylor	9–8, 6–3
33.	1973	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roy Emerson	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
34.	1973	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Manuel Orantes	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
35.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
36.	1973	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
37.	1973	Tennis Masters Cup, Boston	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
38.	1974	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gorman	6–2, 6–3
39.	1974	Washington WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–3
40.	1974	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
41.	1974	Cedar Grove, U.S.	Other	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–4, 7–6
42.	1974	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
43.	1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	8–6, 9–7, 6–3
44.	1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert Sr.	6–1, 7–5, 6–2
45.	1975	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–0
46.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
47.	1975	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Bob Hewitt	7–6, 6–1
48.	1975	Tennis Masters Cup, Stockholm	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
49.	1976	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jeff Borowiak	6–2, 6–4
50.	1976	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
51.	1976	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–0, 6–1
52.	1976	Myrtle Beach - Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3
53.	1976	Honolulu - WCT Avis Challenge Cup	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 1–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
54.	1976	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
55	1976	Las Vegas Challenge Cup, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	3-6 7-6 6-4 7-5
56.	1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
57.	1977	Aix en Provence, France	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5, ret.
58.	1978	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Tom Gullikson	6–3, 7–5
59.	1978	Montego Bay, Jamaica - WCT Challenge Cup	Hard	Peter Fleming	2–6, 5–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Other titles (28)

Here are Năstase's tournament wins that are not included in the statistics on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website. The website is very incomplete from 1968 to 1970 and has some omissions for tournaments held since 1968.

Năstase won several tournaments during the early years of his career that were equivalent to the present day "challenger" tournaments. Because the term "challenger" started to be applied to second-rank tournaments in 1978, those tournaments are termed "minor tournaments" in the following list.

• 1967 - Cannes (minor tournament), Travemunde (minor tournament)
• 1968 - Viareggio, Bucharest (minor tournament)
• 1969 - Madras (minor tournament), New Delhi (minor tournament), Gauhati (minor tournament), Travemunde, La Corogne, Budapest, Denver
• 1970 - Napoli, Ancona
• 1971 - Omaha, Istanbul
• 1973 - Istanbul, Kingston
• 1974 - Portland, World Invitational Tennis Classic (WITC) at Hilton Head (four-man invitational tournament, not to be confused with the CBS Classic tournament also played at Hilton Head)
• 1975 - WITC at Hilton Head (four-man invitational tournament), Helsinki, Dutch Round Robin (Utrecht Netherlands), Graz, Uppsala
• 1976 - Caracas (a four-man invitation tournament in October, not to be confused with the Caracas WCT in March that was won by Raúl Ramírez), Argentine Round Robin (invitational tournament)
• 1977 - Rotterdam World Star (invitational tournament)
• 1978 - Frankfurt (invitational tournament)

[edit] Singles runner-ups (36)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1969	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nikola Pilić	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
2.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
3.	1971	Macon, U.S.	Hard	Željko Franulović	6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 3–6, 7–6
4.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jan Kodeš	8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
5.	1971	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	6–0, 6–1, 7–5
6.	1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Željko Franulović	6–3, 7–6, 6–1
7.	1972	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
8.	1972	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
9.	1972	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
10.	1972	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
11.	1973	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
12.	1973	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–8, 7–5, 6–3
13.	1973	London	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–4
14.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–4
15.	1974	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–4
16.	1974	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Andrew Pattison	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
17.	1974	Rome, Italy	Clay	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
18.	1974	Tennis Masters Cup, Melbourne	Grass	Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
19.	1975	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Jiří Hřebec	6–1, 7–6, 2–6, 6–4
20.	1975	Tucson, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	7–5, 6–2
21.	1975	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–3
22.	1975	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–0, 6–1
23.	1976	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gorman	7–5, 6–3
24.	1976	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
25.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
26.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	6–4, 7–6
27.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 9–7
28.	1976	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–3
29.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Dick Stockton	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
30.	1977	Virginia Beach, U.S.	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
31.	1978	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
32.	1978	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–0
33.	1978	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
34.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	7–6, 7–5
35.	1981	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	6–2, 7–5
36.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	7–5, 6–3

[edit] Sources for this section

• Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946-2003, Paris, 2003. Sutter has attempted to list all tournaments meeting his criteria for selection beginning with 1946 and ending in the fall of 1991. For each tournament, he has indicated the city, the date of the final, the winner, the runner-up, and the score of the final. A tournament is included in his list if: (1) the draw for the tournament included at least eight players (with a few exceptions, such as the Pepsi Grand Slam tournaments in the second half of the 1970s); and (2) the level of the tournaments was at least equal to the present day challenger tournaments. Sutter's book is probably the most exhaustive source of tennis tournament information since World War II, even though some professional tournaments held before the start of the open era are missing. Later, Sutter issued a second edition of his book, with only the players, their wins, and years from 1946 to April 27, 2003, period.

• John Barrett, editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London, from 1976 to 1983.

• Joe McCauley in Mr Nastase: The Autobiography, by Ilie Nastase with Debbie Beckerman, 2004.

• 1982 WCT Yearbook

• ATP Official Guide to Professional Tennis 2004 (page G18).

[edit] Doubles titles (45)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1970	Philadelphia WCT, USA	Carpet	Ion Ţiriac	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	6–1, 6–4
2.	1970	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
3.	1970	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	William Bowrey Owen Davidson	0–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–8, 6–1
4.	1970	Cincinnati, USA	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–4
5.	1971	Hampton, USA	Hard (i)	Ion Ţiriac	Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
6.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Tom Okker Roger Taylor	1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
7.	1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Željko Franulović	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–4, 6–4
8.	1972	Kansas City, USA	Indoor	Ion Ţiriac	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes
9.	1972	Hampton, USA	Hard (i)	Ion Ţiriac	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–6
10.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Stan Smith	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–2
11.	1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Lew Hoad Frew McMillan	3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–3, RET.
12.	1972	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Bob Hewitt Ion Ţiriac	4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
13.	1972	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal	7–6, 6–3
14.	1973	Salisbury, USA	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	Jürgen Fassbender Juan Gisbert	6–2, 6–4
15.	1973	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Mike Estep	Szabolcz Baranyi Peter Szoke	7–6, 6–3
16.	1973	Hampton, USA	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	Jimmy Connors Ion Ţiriac	6–2, 6–1
17.	1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Juan Gisbert	Georges Goven Patrick Proisy	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
18.	1973	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jimmy Connors	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9, 6–1
19.	1973	South Orange, USA	Hard	Jimmy Connors	Richard Pancho Gonzales Tom Gorman	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
20.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Tom Okker	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
21.	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
22.	1973	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–4
23.	1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	7–6, 7–5
24.	1974	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Juan Gisbert	Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci	6–2, 7–5
25.	1974	Indianapolis, USA	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
26.	1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
27.	1974	London, England	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
28.	1975	Salisbury, USA	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	Jan Kodeš Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
29.	1975	South Orange, USA	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Dick Crealy John Lloyd	7–6, 7–5
30.	1975	U.S. Open, New York	Clay	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 6–4
31.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7–6, 4–6, 9–7
32.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Alex Metreveli	Tom Okker Adriano Panatta	6–4, 7–5
33.	1977	St. Louis WCT, USA	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
34.	1977	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Adriano Panatta	Mark Cox Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
35.	1977	Houston WCT, USA	Hard	Adriano Panatta	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4
36.	1977	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Patrice Dominguez Rolf Norberg	7–5, 7–6
37.	1979	Sarasota, USA	Carpet	Steve Krulevitz	John James Keith Richardson	7–6, 6–3
38.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Victor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
39.	1979	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	1–6, 6–3, 7–6
40.	1979	Atlanta, USA	Hard	Raymond Moore	Steve Docherty Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
41.	1979	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Tom Okker	Mike Cahill Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
42.	1981	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Adriano Panatta	John Feaver Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
43.	1981	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	José Luis Clerc	Markus Günthardt Pavel Složil	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
44.	1981	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Yannick Noah	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–4, 6–4
45.	1985	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Brad Gilbert	Michael Robertson Florin Segărceanu	6–3, 6–2

[edit] See also

Tennis portal

• Tennis male players statistics

[edit] Further reading

• Mr Nastase: The Autobiography. HarperCollins UK. 2005. ISBN 0-00-717839-5. 
• Evans, Richard I. (1978). Nastase. Henley-on-Thames: A. Ellis. ISBN 0-85628-058-5. 

[edit] External links

• International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
• Ilie Năstase at the Association of Tennis Professionals

[edit] References

Ilie Năstase Achievements v • d • e Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World No. 1 players Ilie Năstase (1973/1974 - 40 w) · John Newcombe (1974 - 8 w) · Jimmy Connors (1974/1983 - 268 w) · Björn Borg (1977/1981 - 109 w) · John McEnroe (1980/1985 - 170 w) · Ivan Lendl (1983/1990 - 270 w) · Mats Wilander (1988/1989 - 20 w) · Stefan Edberg (1990/1992 - 72 w) · Boris Becker (1991 - 12 w) · Jim Courier (1992/1993 - 58 w) · Pete Sampras (1993/2000 - 286 w) · Andre Agassi (1995/2003 - 101 w) · Thomas Muster (1996 - 6 w) · Marcelo Ríos (1998 - 6 w) · Carlos Moyà (1999 - 2 w) · Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1999 - 6 w)  · Patrick Rafter (1999 - 1 w) · Marat Safin (2000/2001 - 9 w) · Gustavo Kuerten (2000/2001 - 43 w) · Lleyton Hewitt (2001/2003 - 80 w) · Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003 - 8 w) · Andy Roddick (2003/2004 - 13 w) · Roger Federer (2004/2009 - 238 w) · Rafael Nadal (2008/2009 - 46 w) ATP rankings incepted on August 23, 1973 · (year first held/year last held - number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of July 6, 2009 v • d • e Year-end championships winners (1970) Stan Smith · (1971) Ilie Năstase · (1972) Ilie Năstase · (1973) Ilie Năstase · (1974) Guillermo Vilas · (1975) Ilie Năstase · (1976) Manuel Orantes · (1977) Jimmy Connors · (1978) John McEnroe · (1979) Björn Borg · (1980) Björn Borg · (1981) Ivan Lendl · (1982) Ivan Lendl · (1983) John McEnroe · (1984) John McEnroe · (1985) Ivan Lendl · (1986) Ivan Lendl · (1987) Ivan Lendl · (1988) Boris Becker · (1989) Stefan Edberg · (1990) Andre Agassi · (1991) Pete Sampras · (1992) Boris Becker · (1993) Michael Stich · (1994) Pete Sampras · (1995) Boris Becker · (1996) Pete Sampras · (1997) Pete Sampras · (1998) Alex Corretja · (1999) Pete Sampras · (2000) Gustavo Kuerten · (2001) Lleyton Hewitt · (2002) Lleyton Hewitt · (2003) Roger Federer · (2004) Roger Federer · (2005) David Nalbandian · (2006) Roger Federer · (2007) Roger Federer · (2008) Novak Djokovic