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C. Drysdale def. M. Orantes

6-4 7-5 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 24, 1969*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	C. Drysdale
Score	6-4 7-5 1-6 6-4
Loser	M. Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	C. Drysdale	M. Orantes
Country	RSA	ESP
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Feb 6, 1949
Age	27	20
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,742	1,800
Career W-L	402–253	696–286
Career earnings	—	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

C. Drysdale 0 – 0 M. Orantes

Path

C. Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1969	R64	B. Giltinan	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

C. Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1969	R16	V. Korotkov	6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1969	R64	A. Panatta	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data