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Ilie Nastase def. Manuel Orantes

6-1 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 1973*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-1 6-1 6-1
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Manuel Orantes
Country	ROU	ESP
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Feb 6, 1949
Age	26	24
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,212	2,022
Career W-L	859–331	696–286
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 5 – 3 Manuel Orantes

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1973	SF	Paolo Bertolucci	6-2 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1973	QF	Jan Kodes	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1973	R16	Antonio Zugarelli	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1973	R32	Ezio Di Matteo	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 4, 1973	R64	Eugenio Castigliano	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1973	SF	Tom Okker	3-6 7-6 6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1973	QF	Peter Szoke	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1973	R16	Boro Jovanovic	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 5, 1973	R32	Pierre Barthes	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1973	R64	Erik Van Dillen	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data