Mihnea-Ion Năstase

Mihnea-Ion Năstase

Country (sports)	Romania
Residence	Oldsmar, Florida
Born	(1967-02-07) February 7, 1967 (age 57) Bucharest, Romania
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 Romanian Davis Cup team. With Andrei Dîrzu, he took part in Romania's doubles rubber against West Germany in their World Group Relegation Play-off. The West Germans won the match and the tie. Năstase never appeared in the Davis Cup again.^[4]

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 Borja Uribe at Florence in 1989 but his best performance came in the 1990 Sanremo Open, which he and Goran Prpic won.^[5]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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
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

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