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Rod Laver def. Manuel Orantes

3-6 6-0 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date Oct 8, 1970*
Tournament Barcelona
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner Rod Laver
Score3-6 6-0 6-4 6-1
Loser Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverManuel Orantes
Country AUS ESP
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Feb 6, 1949
Age3221
Height175178
HandednessLeft-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,2351,825
Career W-L576–147696–286
Career earnings$1,565,413$1,398,303
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 0 0 Manuel Orantes

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 7, 1970R16 Graham Stilwell 6-0 8-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Oct 6, 1970R32 U Unknown 6-2 6-3 6-2WMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 8, 1970SF Juan Gisbert 6-1 4-6 2-6 7-5 6-4WMatch data

Manuel Orantes's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 7, 1970R16 Jairo Velasco 6-4 6-1 6-4WMatch data
Oct 6, 1970R32 Jose Cordon 6-0 6-0 4-6 6-0WMatch data