TENNISGOAT

Head to head

vs

🇺🇸 John McEnroe

6

79 titles · 7 Slams

🇷🇴 Ilie Nastase

3

65 titles · 2 Slams

2
Hard
0
0
Clay
2
4
Carpet
1

John McEnroe's wins on the left · Ilie Nastase's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

John McEnroe leads ↑ Ilie Nastase leads ↓

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

All meetings (9)

1984 Davis Cup WG R1: ROU vs USA Carpet RR John McEnroe 6-2 6-4 6-2
1980 WCT Challenge Cup Carpet RR John McEnroe 6-0 6-3
1980 Milan WCT Carpet R32 John McEnroe 6-1 6-4
1979 US Open Hard R64 John McEnroe 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2
1979 Richmond WCT Carpet QF John McEnroe 6-3 3-6 6-2
1978 WCT Challenge Cup Hard RR John McEnroe 6-5 3-6 6-4
1978 Forest Hills WCT Clay SF Ilie Nastase 6-3 7-6
1977 Virginia Beach Clay SF Ilie Nastase 7-5 4-6 6-3
1977 Ocean City Carpet R16 Ilie Nastase 7-5 6-4
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.