Get your popcorn ready for the match of the century!!!

[@djouletube]

A huuuge thank you for sharing that match that I didn't know. Pure gold. Today, Nastase would have been disqualified I don't know how many times for everything he's done and said 😅😂 For info, it's the second round of the 1976 US OPEN.

[@mathewhorodner2000]

Today, Nastase would have been arrested

[@mirazusta2002]

Thank you for the input.

[@lancer3412]

Gold, absolute gold.What a find this is.

[@alberts2208]

The video clarity is amazing! Thanks for sending this.

[@hanneshohberger4899]

Great stuff, thank you guys so much for uploading this spectacular match!!!

[@reglisseism]

posté posté pas envoyé

[@rboltt]

Been waiting decades to see this. Thank you!!

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

I was there the DAY before, missed this classic and infamous match...damn, I only read about it until now. Great find.

[@leeoulds9540]

Wow. Prime Nastase made McEnroe & Connors look like angels!!😳

[@solusrex4034]

😅

[@PeterKoch-yd4ob]

Vielleicht ist der Rumäne ( damals Top 5 in der Welt ) einfach nur ein arroganter "son of a bitch". Das fluchte er gleich mehrfach in Richtung Stuhl-Schiedsrichter.

[@MrJeepsters]

Faut pas abuser. Plus mauvais joueur que Mc Enroe : impossible.

[@rrfamig]

Finally we are seeing some classic tennis matches Ty for upload😊

[@simonerastelli5874]

Wonderful images! Thanks so mutch

[@igorbalducci]

WTF man!!! What about the last points?!? That's evil

[@rajeshafrica]

Thank you very much for this great upload. I have been searching for this match for a long time.

[@TENNISPROHISTORY]

You're welcome

[@travisbickle5279]

what a match...amazing. After the match point what a great scene. Even the referee dont give him a handshake.

[@PeterKoch-yd4ob]

Er hätte ihn vorher aber längst disqualifizieren müssen...Das wäre wohl aber damals mit einer Majestäts-Beleidigung gleich zu setzen gewesen... schade, Nastase hätte es verdient gehabt !

[@stigcarlsson3808]

Amazing quality, can actually see the ball. Always loved Nastase.

[@michaelbardeleben4519]

Umpire lost control of the game completely…like the OJ Simpson trial judge…got completely rick rolled…nastase should have been thrown out for firing tennis balls at people wtf?

[@mirazusta2002]

Very good quality image. What a talent and great touch the tennis players of that era sported. Thank you for posting.

[@robertwebb3546]

Pohman is foot faulting consistently near the end of the match.

[@christian-andreaspistor2973]

Clearly

[@dimeshgujadhur210]

A gem. Thank you 😅😅

[@heinzconrads5243]

I know Pohmann as a journalist in German TV in the 80ies and 90ies. Didn't know he was such a fine player back then. Great respect how cool he was handling the bad behavoir of Nasty.

[@skylaxx]

Bro Pohmann looks like Klaus Kinski 😆

[@gktde9874]

…but Nastase acts like Klaus Kinski.

[@nu-art-studio4623]

embarrassing at the end.. nastase deserved a big punch from pohmann i guess..but respect to pohmann for his behavior not share nastases level

[@JuanLozano-t4z]

YES, HE IS KLAUS KINSKI!!

[@yespub234]

"Nastase is still upset about . . . what, we don't know. We just don't know."

[@brucee6123]

Pohmann hits his backhand like Harold Solomon

[@hcproductsferrara6349]

Exactly, like Dibbs and Solomon

[@brucee6123]

@@hcproductsferrara6349 Yes, Eddie and Harold so similar in style (and physique) I get them mixed up

[@llewvincent7537]

Yes he really does! At that time Borg had by far the most fluid and effective 2-handed topspin backhand of the baseliners.

[@SyncopateTheShot]

The forehand is very unorthodox, to put it euphemistically. But the backhand does remind me of Solomon's.

[@stoolpigeon4285]

LOL

[@darek85]

Very good that Nastase won. Pohmann were simulating to take a breath and play a hero character. He was running normally, just walking makes the problem when he could play that role with face of pain. I would be pissed too. Vintage Djoko, maybe bit less of psychology but the same theatre.

[@georgelee229]

Love how Pohmann kept faking his injury to recover each time 😅

[@rrfamig]

I’d like to see more Orantes/ Vilas Connors / panatta Nastase / McEnroe

[@christian-andreaspistor2973]

@@rrfamig Borg, Guerulaitis, Ashe, Bertolucci, Tanner, Fibak, Newcombe

[@Nocturnbandofficial]

Nastase / McEnroe, do you talk about this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rInOiKKDj9x1nKc

[@stevensmith8876]

This doesn't just look like an earlier time, it looks like a different planet!

[@capricornmagic63]

Even so they were professional players, one of them was a solid middle order player the other was ranked 1 in the world, won grand slams and 64 tournament wins.

[@michaelbardeleben4519]

Plane you mean…the earth is not a spherical planet…it is a flat plane…freemasons and nasa lying to us. Praise Jesus

[@PeterKoch-yd4ob]

Vielleicht war es auf einem anderen Planeten ? Wer weiß das schon ?

[@meinewahrnehmung4594]

I was surprised because I know H-J. Pohmann as a TV-Commentator from several Boris Becker Matches, when I startet with Tennis and play till today. I thought that I know a lot of Tennis, but the hole Time I didnt´t know, that Pohmann also was a Tennisplayer in that League. Thank you for this video !

[@MultiStar83]

Yes, I think as a tennis commentator Pohmann Was rather weak. He had expertise in tennis, but he was not a good presenter or explainer. But that is just my opinion.

[@meinewahrnehmung4594]

@@MultiStar83 Unlike in the match against Nastase, he appeared very distinguished as a TV commentator, even dispassionately trying to be objective.

[@scottwilliams8851]

Did they have any rules at all back then?

[@jeromeinen7912]

Sad that on the one occasion Nastase was totally right getting angry, he did not get justice. When Pohman was treated for his injury, he should have left the court and conceded the game. It was always the rule that you can not be treated or ask injury time during the game, only in the pause between the uneven games. ‘Play must be continuous’. The umpire made a mistake by not calling the game for Nastase two times.

What goes around comes around for the Romanian

[@jeromeinen7912]

Of course. Its remarkable though that nor the commentators nor The NY Times the next day (I looked it up) picked up on the breach of the rules. Arthur Ashe (who just happened not to be in the booth that day) did, albeit years later.

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

Nasty should have been defaulted like 7 times in this match.

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

​@jeromeinen7912 the dude was firing balls into the photographers. Shut up.

[@MultiStar83]

This rule with injury treatment only being possible at changeovers was in effect back then. This has changed about 25 years ago. Nowadays you can be treated whenever you want, also during a service game without any punishment or losing a point. For instance Stefan Edberg was treated during his last official match at the Davis Cup final 1996 against Frenchman Pioline, also while the service game was still in progress.

[@rootdoc1997]

Tantrums aside....Nastase was damned good tennis player, entertaining as hell

[@jonathanshin5094]

Great one! I like how there were no replays or slow motion back then! :-)

[@jaymacdonnell4730]

This match reminds me of the famous Marat Safin quote when playing Fabrice Santoro: "Being told I would play Santoro was being told I was to die."

[@MelodiousThunkPDX]

Awesome footage.

[@alessandroalessandro6771]

Nastase was completely disconnected from tennis by that time. After Wimbledon 1976 he had no interest at all for the circuit, but curiously enough, when he played an invitational with big prize money, he rejuvenated. Then he was very professional for his sponsors and televisions and all that stuff, he was once at the top of the rankings and then monetized everything, his bad behaviour on court and his night life gave him more money and popularity. If you look at the video, furious as he was, he didn't forget to give the german shoes box to someone in the crowd

[@CarlitosCazely]

Remarkable perfomance 😮👏

[@bikenmike1024]

I had heard about this match, read about it in the old world tennis magazine but to finally see it, man Nastase was out of control! Crazy 😜

[@TENNISPROHISTORY]

totally

[@GerardoHernandez-fq1mx]

The reason Nastase could do whatever he wanted is because there were no rules against any of that back then. Nobody had ever acted like that, so there were no rules. They didn’t know what to do with him. One time they defaulted him and the supervisor came and changed the chair umpire instead! It was after him, Connors, and McEnroe that rules and penalties started to be created and imposed.

[@Nocturnbandofficial]

correct.

[@bugsy9007]

Nsstase was the "bad boy" tennis trend setter. He was very entertaining.

[@juancristobalguzman2200]

Awesome. Thanks

[@belphegor9161]

Pohmann - good acting, Nastase - good swearing.

[@ivanmilatovic4023]

This is brilliant. Năstase should have been defaulted for trying to hit the photographer, swearing and hitting the ball at the umpire. Pohmann should have had MTOs or time violations or both. They were both footfaulting on centre serve. The umpire should have played a let. And I never heard Pat Summerall enjoy himself so much.

[@a2casius]

Tennis was forced to clean-up its act after this match .... Historic

[@SyncopateTheShot]

This would be a social media sensation if this happened today. It would go viral.

[@ManInBlack1988]

He would’ve been disqualified in today’s game

[@SyncopateTheShot]

​@@ManInBlack1988 I wonder if it's because of this match that the code of conduct rules became more enforceable.

[@christophflaskamp5579]

@@SyncopateTheShot that was actually after Nasty vs Mac in 1979, with even worse tantrums, players fighting with umpire and crowd invading the court, among many other things. They say professional tennis rules of conduct were born after that.

[@SyncopateTheShot]

@@christophflaskamp5579 It wasn't so much that Nasty and Mac threw tantrums at the Open in 1979. Nasty initially complained about a time violation, and the umpire took a point away. At this point, the crowd got involved, and Nasty and Mac just sat back and watched it all happen. Nasty didn't swear or do anything that night like he did in this match.

[@FunDuude]

@@SyncopateTheShot ...LOL. This Match? This was one of Nastase's "Calmer" matches. His nick name was "Nasty" for a reason.

[@Ronnie-k6m]

Amazing clip. Thank you

[@TENNISPROHISTORY]

Thank you too!

[@albertoguglielmi10]

looks like angus young brother from ACDC , he also stole his limping leg move😅😅

[@stoolpigeon4285]

really?

[@TimTheMusicMan]

😂😂😂😂😂. That’s a good one. Best comment on here. Hardly anyone will understand what your saying but that is the reason why it’s such a good comment.

[@rboltt]

The footage of Nastase hitting a ball at a photographer is now gone. Why?

[@monceau27]

What a Thriller !

[@JuanLozano-t4z]

Nastase , un artista de la raqueta. lo amo , pero tengo sentimientos encontrados, sus voleas son poéticas, su comportamiento es insoportable, a partir de 1978, el personaje lo fue comiendo cada vez más y fue desapareciendo de los rankings , no solo por su comportamiento, no se aggiornó a los nuevos tiempos ,se quedó queriendo resolver todo con algunos toques sin casi pegarle a la pelota, tuvo UNA ACTITUD muy cómoda y la nueva camada de CONNORS, BORG, VILAS, y jugadores técnicos de su estilo pero menos cómodos que él como Gerulaitis, gotfried o Mc Enroe, lo mandaron al descenso, Una lástima, porque vuelvo a decir: sus toques , sobrepiques y voleas tienen una soltura ARTISTICA.!

[@maunlio]

From 2:25 to 2:30 you can clearly see Sinner behind Nastase, trying to catch the secrets of his style.

[@danielboomers]

the photographer in yellow is 17yr German Paul Zimmer. he is still doing photography today at grand slams. amazing upload..

[@tonymurphy9795]

Compared to today they just pat the ball. Amazing.

[@bpure2560]

Nastase was a bigger wind up merchant with the crowds than Djokovic could ever be. 😂"You call me Mr Nastase". There's a reason why he was nicknamed Nasty. Nastase giving the middle fingers to the crowd when he was down match point. 🤣

[@rrfamig]

Someone said these players looked like 4.5 club players Not true A4.5 player probably wouldn’t get a get from either of these guys Both players appear to be just pushing the ball in this match . but nastase is a world class player with major titles under his belt

[@lucasghiri]

What happens after 8-7 nastase ??

[@papapapa6689]

Pohmann later became a sports TV-presenter. He also did the Radio Live coverage of Boris Beckers 1st title at Wimbledon 1985.

[@minorstripe]

Nastase remained an asshole.

[@mandalorianjedi2288]

Great video. So interesting how tennis has evolved. Was this where Nasty got his nickname? And were some of the Germans serves from the deuce side illegal as he was standing beyond the centre mark?

[@mattbradford8227]

Nastase was the Fed Cup captain for Romania. And his horrible antics as the coach got him kicked off by the Romanian Tennis Federation in 2022. He was cursing at Simona Halep during a match. Totally uncalled for. Old habits never die with the "nasty one". But he was funny on those Miller Lite beer commercials in the 1970s.

[@davidr2802]

an asshole like Trump who was normalized for far too long because he was "amusing." So was Hitler to his followers

[@edgar7525]

lol, He also propositioned the GB captain, Anne keothavong, offering to visit her hotel room to "show her a good time!"😂

[@judgeprime3730]

​@@edgar7525😂😂😂

[@graymcmic1419]

Pohmann the Showman!

[@satjiwan]

Nastase v Pohmann us open 1976 R2 Beats the Tiafoe drama from last week. Only partial spoilers below. The tennis and athleticism level might not be as high as today but the drama level is huge in this one. Would have been a disqualification in today’s game. (And they play so fast between points and games/changeovers.) These slow clay points with slice approaches to the net remind me of points between Frank and me. (Except I’m not coming to net as much…) Nastase Breaks to 53. Pohmann Breaks back to 54. Pohmann holds to save set -55. 12:00 - Nastase Ball abuse AND cameraman abuse!!! Hold to 65. 17:00 - right leg cramp 21:00 - left leg cramp 23:00 - right leg cramp Pohmann saves a double-match point and three more match points in between the cramps. Pohmann holds to 66. 35:30 Nastase gestures to the crowd. 37:00 Nastase dramatic exit… Reminds me of Wozniaki winning after major cramping episode in Doha- kzbin.info/www/bejne/d32rgJWhiNl0qpIsi=KPoKa0Z1eGVaXtcL And Stefan Kozlov also winning after cramping. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnuYZ3mvasepl9Esi=Wsc3lZg3GdvlwdNX (He plays righty, but writes on the camera lens cover with his left hand!?!)

[@rboltt]

Why was this great video subsequently edited for content?

[@SyncopateTheShot]

The way Pohmann takes his racquet back before he serves reminds me of Aaron Krickstein.

[@pelehound]

wow. f-ing awesome.

[@valpro99]

OMG. The power of the pros today makes this match look like it's in slow motion.

[@Betterthangoldandsilver]

Totally different equipment. They couldn't play at today's pace with those old wooden racquets with the small faces.

[@knightatthecrossroads222]

I looked for a match between Borg and Nastase to see the difference and even played with wooden rackets the speed is much higher than in this match.....so I guess it is about how strong the opponent hits....

[@hendrik19601]

just the same words Nastase used

[@PeterKoch-yd4ob]

Schaut euch mal das Fußball-WM-Finale 1974 in München Deutschland - Niederlande an. Auch da ein gewaltiger Unterschied zu heute was Athletik und Tempo betrifft.

[@JD-jc8gp]

@@knightatthecrossroads222 Hitting the ball harder is not necessarily more effective. Nastase wasn't one of the hardest hitters, but he was a fantastic player. Manuel Orantes once defeated Jimmy Connors at the US Open by not giving him any pace whatsoever.

[@jeromeinen7912]

Nastase's Claim Backed Later, Nastase's charge that the match should have been forfeited to him when Pohmann was unable to continue to play immediately was considered a justifiable one by Charles Hare, the tournament referee. “Yes, Nastase was absolutely correct in claiming a forfeit,” Hare said. There was a stoppage of play when Pohmann did not immediately resume his position because of cramps, and that goes against the rule stating, ‘play shall be continuous.’ “But where the doctor appeared from, I have no idea. I have issued instructions to everyone that this is not to happen again. There is to be no aid given to players who have suffered from a natural loss of physical condition such as cramps.”

[@MrJeepsters]

Pourquoi a-t-il continué la partie ?

[@l.s.g.lucastefanoghedini2334]

FANTASTIC : It was a tuna fishery!!! Savage!!!

[@markhershey730]

I hadn't really that early rounds were only best of three sets for the men, not just the women, in the Open. How many years did they do that?

[@TENNISPROHISTORY]

until 1979

[@markhershey730]

@@TENNISPROHISTORY They should bring that back.

[@KingCast65]

Awesome!!! Now find me Nasty/Mac '79 USO all of it :)

[@alexmoore3688]

U mean 1979 . As I recall the highlights the tennis was insane , and of course the circus was nuts as well

[@KingCast65]

@@alexmoore3688 Yup typo I hit the 0 instead of 9 thanks. You can find segments of it on YouDeath but never the whole thing!

[@Nocturnbandofficial]

That match ended the poor umpire's career.. (Frank Hammond) - here is some footage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rInOiKKDj9x1nKc

[@KingCast65]

@@alexmoore3688 Yup, typo. You can only find parts of it....

[@alexmoore3688]

@@KingCast65 yup that video is all about the ending /default/ play on. I recall cbs showed 5 stright minutes of crazy good tennis highlights that night as well . Now that would be something to find !

[@knightatthecrossroads222]

I was 12 when I started to play tennis.......my first tennis racket was Lion wooden racket.....it cost 129 czechoslovakian crowns. Quite expensive at that time.....people used to earn about 1500 kčs per month and tennis ball cost 32 kčs. So we played with the tennis balls until there was not even 1 fabric on it...😂😂😂😂

[@JD-jc8gp]

Nastase felt that there should have been a forfeit and that the stoppage was unjustified and against the rules. He was right. But wow, he really went nuts.

[@smftrsddvjiou6443]

Yes, but even before he shot a ball at the photographer.

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

He was not right. The rules now prove you wrong. Some of you nasty fans would be awful to be around.

[@JD-jc8gp]

@@blurredlenzpictures3251 Based on what he was not right? According to what I've read, these were the rules (but correct me if I'm wrong). This doesn't mean his reaction was right.

[@MultiStar83]

@@blurredlenzpictures3251 In fact it was the rule back then that you could only be treated at a changeover, not during a game. This rule changed about 25 years ago. Nowadays you can be treated by a doctor/trainer whenever you want.

[@jeffcostello7150]

I think John McEnroe was one of the ball boys in this match!:)

[@maisonviolette8313]

That's not the boring ATP tour with thé Board, organisation non catolic. That's life.

[@davidr2802]

Sure, but Nastase whining all the times about the rules while breaking them left and right. Like the guy running for president to stay out of jail

[@billydurham4143]

The young women seemingly wanting to get close to Nasty.

[@rickypatel2517]

The court looks like if you mixed a clay court and a hard court together

[@tomponstone]

But why is it in slow motion?

[@overkillblackjack2910]

It looks and sounds like their racquets are strung at very low tensions.

[@canadiantennispro]

One of the all time greats as a badboy Mc had nothing on this guy lol

[@howardmorales]

Would this be a 4.5 in today’s game?

[@Ten-Chi]

Imagine if Nastase had lost !

[@roberthale2268]

Nastase- what a work!

[@jamievidd775]

I know they are wooden rackets, but those 1st serves are like 2nd serves from the WTA.

[@karlheinzsteimer7466]

…..das war noch gemütliches hin und her Geschubse! 😂

[@johnrobbins917]

I remember this match. It gets 'strange'.

[@kevinbokel4194]

Sieht aus wie ein lockeres Spiel zweier Senioren.. 😂 Von der Art wie sie schlagen, sich bewegen.. kann man sich nicht vorstellen, das das mal die Weltspitze im Tennis war..

[@johndickson9542]

With wooden racquets, the players today couldn't play the way they do. As for movement, Nastase in his prime was as quick as just about anyone who has ever played. If you don't know that, you don't know tennis and its history.

[@christianhaugaard5853]

Looks like they are playing in slow motion

[@Smoothways]

I read through the comments -wow, so many opinions here. In my humble opinion Nastase was way out of line and should been sent to a psychologist for anger management. Whether Pohmann was faking his cramps or not - look at his serve. He did not serve out of his legs at all after that and simply rolled in first serve after first serve. But you can' t deny either of these two players bags of skills to handle tennis balls with those kind of rackets with such elegance but also whipp down a passing shot when it was needed to. I remember the worst matches back then and actually ever in tennis history were between Nastase and Connors - they always looked like about to get into a boxing match. Great for the crwod - bad for tennis.

[@Dasato123]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ7CfomqYt1-iKssi=1a9mJTHkvdnBkcs2 This is at 5-6 third set, one of the many duces. If this isn’t a center hash mark foot fault I don’t know what is. He did this a couple of times in this game and several times in the tie breaker. Amazed the announcers didn’t point it out.

[@stef1074]

Frankly, I've never seen such a behaviour on a tennis court from any player. Nastase agressing a photograph and throwing a ball at him for no real reason, Nastase shouting at the crowd and moaning, then insulting the referee 2 times by saying vrey loudly "you son of a bitch !". Then admonesting his opponent several times and even at the end of a match at the net. His opponent refused to shake hands with him and even the referee which made Nastase even more angry. He was like a true psycho out there and even Mc Enroe is an altar boy compared to him. Strange he has not been disqualified...

[@jessicavegan]

why did you cut the match point?

[@Schnapsidiot]

Interesting to see footage of a German player pre Becker. But man, Nastase - I was always told he was an enfant terrible, but I never really saw it on footage. After seeing this, he wasn't just an enfant terrible but a right POS that dwarves even a symbiosis of Mac and Connors. But a great player - he must have been one of the biggest servers on tour back then, and his forhand is great and doesn't look much different to Borg's. But oh dear, what a prick...

[@johndickson9542]

His forehand was nothing like Borg's. Borg used a semi-western grip. Nastase used a continental.

[@kotvana]

The Doctor is only making it worse LOL

[@Nocturnbandofficial]

..and somebody in the crowd yells "what kind of a doctor are you?!" LOL

[@koolfraser]

Damn, Nastase was pissed!

[@cliveuuking4602]

What was he so angry about at the end?

[@circuitdesign]

He was angry because he felt the match should have been a default for his opponent when his opponent was delaying the game several times due to his injury. Nastase was at risk for losing the match since he had to play a tiebreaker and it caused him undue stress.

[@TNCOWBOY07]

What would have been great is Trabert absolutely kicking Nastase’s ass after the match. Cause he wanted too. And the entire crowd wanted the same.

[@scottluther6699]

Is it my imagination or is poulman foot faulting over center line on every serve to deuce court

[@WONGLER]

can someone explain me why Nastase was so angry after the match ? 😳

[@MultiStar83]

He was angry about several things. Above all he thought, quite correctly by the way, that Pohmann should have been defaulted for not continuing the match after his cramps immediately. "Play has to be continuous", that was a rather strict rule, back then at least. He was also angry about the umpire for playing a "let" when some spectator yelled "foot fault" during Pohmann's service action, because he himself was denied a let just shortly before, when a ball was thrown on the court.

[@wtfa2910]

I guess foot fault doesn't matter

[@Marc443]

Pohmann hatte ja gar keine Vorhand😂Aber dafür schon beidhändige Rückhand😂

[@MultiStar83]

Oft spielte er die Vorhand als eine Art Slice. Bei Jimmy Connors sah das manchmal so ähnlich aus, aber auch wieder anders. Und die beidhändige Rückhand von Pohmann sah auch irgendwie merkwürdig aus, zumindest nicht gerade wie aus dem Lehrbuch...

[@smftrsddvjiou6443]

Nastase would not end the match those days. And never saw Pohmann play, thanks.

[@rboltt]

Nasty’s finest hour. 😆

[@guycondroyer864]

Match du siècle, lequel ❓😮

[@MrJeepsters]

Que reprochait Nastase à son adversaire ?

[@jangerhards1253]

Nowadays Nastase would have been taken off the court by the referee at least 10 times 😂