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Manuel Orantes #2 def. Cliff Drysdale #40

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 26, 1973*
Tournament	Toronto
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Cliff Drysdale
Country	ESP	RSA
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	May 26, 1941
Age	24	32
Height	178	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	40
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,043	1,860
Career W-L	696–286	402–253
Career earnings	$1,398,303	—

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 1 – 1 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1973	QF	Bjorn Borg	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1973	R16	John Alexander	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1973	R32	Wanaro N'Godrella	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1973	R64	Frank Froehling	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1973	F	Tom Okker	3-6 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1973	QF	Paolo Bertolucci	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1973	R16	Jaime Fillol	6-3 5-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1973	R32	Eddie Dibbs	7-6(8) 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1973	R64	Jeff Borowiak	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data