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Arthur Ashe #98 def. Manuel Orantes #7

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 1978*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Manuel Orantes
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Feb 6, 1949
Age	34	29
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	98	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,909	2,007
Career W-L	800–258	696–286
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 2 – 4 Manuel Orantes

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1978	R32	Walter Redondo	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1978	QF	Frew Mcmillan	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1978	R32	Dick Crealy	6-2 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data