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Bjorn Borg #4 def. Manuel Orantes #13

6-4 6-2 3-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 1974*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-4 6-2 3-6 7-6
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Manuel Orantes
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 6, 1949
Age	18	25
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	13
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,129	1,937
Career W-L	608–143	696–286
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 3 – 2 Manuel Orantes

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	QF	Tom Okker	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1974	R16	Juan Gisbert	6-4 1-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Oct 16, 1974	R32	Wojtek Fibak	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1974	R64	Frantisek Pala	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1974	F	Ilie Nastase	4-6 7-5 2-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1974	R16	Ulrich Pinner	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1974	R32	Barry Phillips Moore	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Oct 15, 1974	R64	Ivan Molina	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data