TENNISGOAT

Head to head

vs

🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors

13

112 titles · 8 Slams

🇷🇴 Ilie Nastase

16

65 titles · 2 Slams

2
Hard
3
1
Clay
1
1
Grass
1
9
Carpet
11

Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · Ilie Nastase's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Jimmy Connors leads ↑ Ilie Nastase leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (29)

1984 Davis Cup WG R1: ROU vs USA Carpet RR Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-4
1982 US Open Hard R16 Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-3 6-4
1980 Monte-Carlo WCT Clay R32 Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-2
1980 WCT Invitational Carpet RR Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-4
1979 WCT Challenge Cup Carpet RR Jimmy Connors 4-6 7-6 6-2
1979 Dorado Beach WCT Hard RR Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-5 RET
1977 WCT Challenge Cup Carpet SF Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-4
1977 WCT Challenge Cup Carpet F Ilie Nastase 3-6 7-6 6-4 7-5
1977 St. Louis WCT Carpet SF Jimmy Connors 7-5 6-4
1976 WCT Challenge Cup Carpet F Ilie Nastase WEA
1976 Pepsi Grand Slam Clay SF Ilie Nastase 0-6 6-4 7-5
1976 Nottingham Grass F Jimmy Connors WEA
1976 Carlsbad Hard F Ilie Nastase 4-6 6-0 6-1
1976 Hampton Carpet F Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-2 6-2
1976 Salisbury Carpet F Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-3 7-6
1975 London-2 Carpet SF Jimmy Connors 6-3 4-6 6-1
1974 Hampton Carpet F Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-4
1973 Masters Hard SF Ilie Nastase 6-3 7-5
1973 London-3 Carpet SF Ilie Nastase 7-6 5-7 7-6
1973 Washington-2 Carpet F Ilie Nastase 4-6 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-2
1973 Hampton Carpet F Jimmy Connors 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3
1973 Omaha Carpet F Ilie Nastase 5-0 RET
1972 Masters Hard SF Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-3 6-2
1972 London-3 Carpet SF Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-4
1972 Wimbledon Grass QF Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-4 6-1
1972 New York-1 Carpet QF Ilie Nastase 6-4 2-6 6-2
1972 Omaha Carpet SF Ilie Nastase 7-5 6-3
1972 Baltimore Carpet F Ilie Nastase 1-6 6-4 7-6
1971 Salisbury Carpet R32 Ilie Nastase 5-7 6-4 6-2
Methodology

Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.