Head to head
Rivalry summary
Paul Gerken and Ilie Nastase met 4 times on the ATP tour between 1972 and 1973. Ilie Nastase leads the head-to-head 3–1 against Paul Gerken. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard; Nastase leads 2–0 on carpet. They contested 1 finals, with Gerken winning 0 of them.
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Hard
1
0
Carpet
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Paul Gerken's wins on the left · Ilie Nastase's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 1973 | Calgary | Hard | F | Ilie Nastase | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1973 | Salt Lake City | Hard | SF | Paul Gerken | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1972 | Seattle | Carpet | R16 | Ilie Nastase | 7-6 6-4 |
| 1972 | New York-1 | Carpet | R32 | 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.