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Ilie Nastase def. Manuel Orantes

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1972*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-4 6-4
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	23
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,083	2,048
Career W-L	859–331	696–286
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 3 – 3 Manuel Orantes

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1972	SF	Ian Fletcher	6-3 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1972	QF	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R16	Sandy Mayer	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1972	R32	Frantisek Pala	6-2 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
Sep 6, 1972	SF	Bob Mckinley	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 6, 1972	QF	Thomaz Koch	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R16	Ion Tiriac	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1972	R32	Jan Kukal	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data