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Manuel Orantes#8 def. Guillermo Vilas#3

4-6 1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1975*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	4-6 1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4
Loser	Guillermo Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Guillermo Vilas
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Aug 17, 1952
Age	26	23
Height	178	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,172	2,204
Career W-L	696–286	898–282
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 6 – 5 Guillermo Vilas

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1975	QF	Ilie Nastase	6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1975	R16	Francois Jauffret	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1975	R32	Hans Jurgen Pohmann	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1975	R64	Sashi Menon	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1975	R128	Bernie Mitton	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1975	F	Jimmy Connors	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1975	QF	Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1975	R16	Jan Kodes	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1975	R32	Dick Stockton	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1975	R64	Alvaro Betancur	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1975	R128	Hans Gildemeister	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data