Ilie Năstase (1946-) - Gifted Romanian Tennis Player, and One of the Greatest Shot Makers of All-Time

[DonRocks]

I might split this thread up at some point, as there are *so many* of these players who deserve their own, but for those of you who think Johnny Mac was the pinnacle of tennis genius, this video should put you in hog-heaven - it's the 1979 U.S. Open, and pits McEnroe against "the other" all-time great wooden racket genius, Ilie Nastase. I'm not going to say that either of these players was "better" than Laver or Borg, but McEnroe and Nastase were simply the two-greatest shotmakers of the wooden-racket era (plus, the Borg Donnay had carbon fibers in it - it was one of the first).