Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ilie Nastase and Leo Palin met 2 times on the ATP tour between 1979 and 1982. Their head-to-head is level at 1–1. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard.
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Hard
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Ilie Nastase's wins on the left · Leo Palin's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (2)
| 1982 | Basel | Hard | R32 | Leo Palin | 6-4 3-6 6-1 |
| 1979 | US Open | Hard | R128 | Ilie Nastase | 7-5 7-5 RET |
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.