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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Manuel Orantes#5

6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1977*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Manuel Orantes
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 6, 1949
Age	25	28
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,236	2,123
Career W-L	1,262–294	696–286
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 7 – 3 Manuel Orantes

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1977	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	Zan Guerry	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1977	R64	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	Jasjit Singh	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1977	SF	Corrado Barazzutti	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1977	R16	John McEnroe	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	Sherwood Stewart	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1977	R64	Fred Stolle	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	Bill Maze	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data