Head to head
1
Clay
4
0
Carpet
2
Jose Higueras's wins on the left · Ilie Nastase's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 1984 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Jose Higueras | 6-3 6-0 6-3 |
| 1979 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | R16 | Ilie Nastase | 6-4 2-6 6-2 |
| 1978 | Barcelona | Clay | QF | Ilie Nastase | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1975 | Barcelona-3 | Clay | R16 | Ilie Nastase | 7-6 4-6 8-6 |
| 1975 | Davis Cup EUR SF: ESP vs ROU | Clay | RR | Ilie Nastase | 6-0 8-6 4-6 6-1 |
| 1974 | Hampton | Carpet | R16 | Ilie Nastase | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1973 | Barcelona-2 | Clay | QF | Ilie Nastase | 6-3 6-3 |
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.