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M. Orantes#8 def. J. Connors#1

6-4 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1975*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	M. Orantes
Score	6-4 6-3 6-3
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Orantes	J. Connors
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Sep 2, 1952
Age	26	23
Height	178	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,198	2,287
Career W-L	696–286	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

M. Orantes 1 – 6 J. Connors

Path

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1975	SF	G. Vilas	4-6 1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1975	QF	I. Nastase	6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1975	R16	F. Jauffret	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1975	R32	H. Pohmann	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1975	R64	S. Menon	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1975	R128	B. Mitton	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1975	SF	B. Borg	7-5 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1975	QF	Andrew Pattison	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1975	R16	H. Solomon	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1975	R32	G. Goven	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1975	R64	R. Taylor	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1975	R128	G. Masters	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data