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Ilie Nastase def. Manuel Orantes

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1972*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Manuel Orantes
Country	ROU	ESP
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Feb 6, 1949
Age	25	23
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,040	2,060
Career W-L	859–331	696–286
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 2 – 2 Manuel Orantes

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1972	QF	Jimmy Connors	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1972	R16	Tom Gorman	6-3 3-6 8-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1972	R32	Jurgen Fassbender	9-8 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1972	R64	Clark Graebner	6-3 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1972	R128	John Bartlett	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1972	F	Stan Smith	6-4 3-6 3-6 6-4 5-7	L	—	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1972	QF	Colin Dibley	6-2 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1972	R16	Ion Tiriac	6-4 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1972	R32	Nicola Pietrangeli	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1972	R64	Dick Crealy	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1972	R128	Georges Goven	8-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data