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Bjorn Borg #8 def. Manuel Orantes #12

2-6 6-7(4) 6-0 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 17, 1974*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	2-6 6-7(4) 6-0 6-1 6-1
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Manuel Orantes
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 6, 1949
Age	18	25
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,100	1,901
Career W-L	608–143	696–286
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 2 – 2 Manuel Orantes

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1974	SF	Harold Solomon	6-4 2-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1974	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-2 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1974	R16	Erik Van Dillen	0-6 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 9, 1974	R32	Jean Loup Rouyer	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1974	R64	Toma Ovici	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1974	R128	Jean Francois Caujolle	4-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1974	SF	Francois Jauffret	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1974	QF	Patricio Cornejo	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1974	R16	Arthur Ashe	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1974	R32	Guillermo Vilas	3-6 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1974	R64	Antonio Zugarelli	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1974	R128	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data