Mihnea-Ion Năstase
Country (sports) | Oldsmar, Florida |
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Born | Bucharest, Romania | February 7, 1967
Height | 6 ft (183 cm) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $54,828 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–3 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 279 (13 Jul 1992) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 10–11 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 159 (10 Jun 1991) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1989) |
Mihnea-Ion Năstase (born 7 February 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. He is a nephew of two-time Grand Slam winner Ilie Năstase and his father, Constantin Năstase, was a Romanian Davis Cup representative.[1]
Career
Năstase was born in Bucharest but grew up in Italy and went to college in the United States, where he played tennis for Mississippi State University.[2]
Partnering Leonardo Lavalle, Năstase was a winner in the boys' doubles event at the 1984 US Open. It was his second Grand Slam final, having finished runner-up to Mark Kratzmann and Simon Youl in the 1983 Wimbledon Championships, with Olli Rahnasto.[3]
In 1984, Năstase became the third member of his family to play for the
The Romanian was primarily a doubles player and it was in the men's doubles that he made his only senior Grand Slam appearance.[5] It was in the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, where he and Lan Bale lost in the opening round to Javier Frana and his former junior partner Leonardo Lavalle.[5]
He was a semi-finalist with
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 1990 | Sanremo, Italy | Clay | Goran Prpić | Ola Jonsson Fredrik Nilsson |
3–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Challenger titles
Doubles: (3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1989 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Brian Page | Neil Borwick Steve Furlong |
3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
2. | 1989 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Clay | Srinivasan Vasudevan | Sean Cole Nick Fulwood |
6–3, 6–7, 6–1 |
3. | 1991 | Bangalore, India | Clay | Vladimir Gabrichidze | Sean Cole Martin Zumpft |
2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
References
- ^ ITF Tennis Profile
- Milwaukee Journal, "Malice doesn't live here", 7 January 1988, Mary Schmitt
- ^ ITF Junior Profile
- ^ Davis Cup Profile
- ^ a b c ATP World Tour Profile