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Manuel Orantes def. Vitas Gerulaitis

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 10, 1973*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jul 26, 1954
Age	24	19
Height	178	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,598
Career W-L	696–286	527–231
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 0 – 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	Ross Case	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	Georges Goven	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1973	R32	Frank Froehling	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1973	R64	Terry Moor	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1973	F	John Newcombe	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	Dick Crealy	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	Dick Dell	2-6 7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 8, 1973	R32	Allan Stone	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1973	R64	Jim Mcmanus	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data