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Manuel Orantes#24 def. Jose Luis Clerc#13

3-6 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 1979*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	3-6 7-5 6-1
Loser	Jose Luis Clerc

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Jose Luis Clerc
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Aug 16, 1958
Age	30	21
Height	178	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,909	1,921
Career W-L	696–286	361–141
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 1 – 1 Jose Luis Clerc

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	QF	Peter Mcnamara	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 28, 1979	R16	Patrick Proisy	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1979	R32	Jairo Velasco	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 26, 1979	R64	Roger Guedes	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1979	F	Yannick Noah	6-3 6-7 6-3 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	QF	Paul Mcnamee	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1979	R16	Zeljko Franulovic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1979	R32	Jaime Fillol	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1979	R64	Gonzalo Nunez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data