SF Barcelona Open 1973

Manuel Orantes #3 def. Bjorn Borg #31

6-3 6-2 6-3

Manuel Orantes defeated Bjorn Borg 6-3 6-2 6-3 in the 1973 Barcelona Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 13, 1973*
Tournament: Barcelona Open
Edition: 1973
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Bjorn Borg
Country	ESP	SWE
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jun 6, 1956
Age	24	17
Height	178 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	31
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,025	1,861
Current career W-L	693–283	617–141
Current career earnings	$1,398,303	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes #3 1 – 0 Bjorn Borg #31

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Buster C Mottram #137	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1973	QF
Julian Ganzabal #201	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1973	R16
Alberto Martorell	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1973	R32

Manuel Orantes's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ilie Nastase #1	6-2 1-6 6-8 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1973	F

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrew Pattison	11-9 6-1	W	—	Match data	Oct 13, 1973	QF
Jaime Fillol #23	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1973	R16
Patricio Rodriguez Chi	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data	Oct 11, 1973	R32
Bob Carmichael #72	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1973	R64