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Manuel Orantes def. Ion Tiriac

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 1972*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Ion Tiriac
Country	ESP	ROU
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	May 9, 1939
Age	23	33
Height	178	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,037	1,722
Career W-L	696–286	228–190
Career earnings	$1,398,303	—

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 3 – 1 Ion Tiriac

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1972	R32	Jan Kukal	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1972	QF	Thomaz Koch	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ion Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1972	R32	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data