Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Manuel Orantes def. Brian Fairlie

6-0 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 8, 1968*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-0 6-3 6-3
Loser	Brian Fairlie

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Brian Fairlie
Country	ESP	NZL
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jun 13, 1948
Age	19	19
Height	178	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,596	1,559
Career W-L	696–286	233–220
Career earnings	$1,398,303	—

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 0 – 0 Brian Fairlie

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1968	R128	Patrice Beust	6-3 1-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1968	R32	Bob Hewitt	7-9 6-4 6-1 5-7 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Brian Fairlie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1968	R128	Gianni Capozza	6-0 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data