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M. Orantes#2 def. I. Fletcher#87

6-2 3-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1973*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	M. Orantes
Score	6-2 3-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	I. Fletcher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Orantes	I. Fletcher
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Dec 1, 1948
Age	24	24
Height	178	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	87
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,030	1,676
Career W-L	696–286	105–114
Career earnings	$1,398,303	—

Pre-match H2H

M. Orantes 0 – 1 I. Fletcher

Path

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	B. Mottram	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	R. Case	1-6 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

I. Fletcher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	R. Seegers	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data