Head to head
Rivalry summary
Bob Hewitt and Ilie Nastase met 7 times on the ATP tour between 1970 and 1977. Ilie Nastase leads the head-to-head 5–2 against Bob Hewitt. By surface, Nastase leads 3–2 on clay. They contested 1 finals, with Hewitt winning 0 of them.
0
Hard
1
2
Clay
3
0
Grass
1
Bob Hewitt'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)
| 1977 | Rome | Clay | R16 | Ilie Nastase | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1975 | South Orange | Clay | F | Ilie Nastase | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1972 | Masters | Hard | RR | Ilie Nastase | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | US Open | Grass | R16 | Ilie Nastase | 6-4 6-4 6-2 |
| 1972 | Hamburg | Clay | QF | Bob Hewitt | 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1972 | Bournemouth | Clay | SF | Bob Hewitt | 6-4 9-8 |
| 1970 | Washington | Clay | QF | Ilie Nastase | 5-7 6-4 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.