Head to head
Rivalry summary
Cliff Drysdale and Ilie Nastase met 5 times on the ATP tour between 1971 and 1977. Ilie Nastase leads the head-to-head 4–1 against Cliff Drysdale. By surface, Nastase leads 3–0 on carpet. They contested 1 finals, with Drysdale winning 1 of them.
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Hard
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Clay
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Carpet
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Cliff Drysdale's wins on the left · Ilie Nastase's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1977 | Mexico City WCT | Carpet | QF | Ilie Nastase | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1977 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | R16 | Ilie Nastase | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1974 | Washington WCT | Carpet | SF | Ilie Nastase | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1972 | Stockholm | Hard | QF | Ilie Nastase | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1971 | Brussels | Clay | F | Cliff Drysdale | 6-0 6-1 7-5 |
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.