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Manuel Orantes #8 def. Ilie Nastase #7

6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1975*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Ilie Nastase
Country	ESP	ROU
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jul 19, 1946
Age	26	29
Height	178	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,149	2,129
Career W-L	696–286	859–331
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 5 – 12 Ilie Nastase

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 9, 1975	SF	Guillermo Vilas	4-6 1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1975	R16	Raul Ramirez	5-7 6-0 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1975	R32	Mark Cox	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1975	R64	Allan Stone	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1975	R128	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data