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Ilie Nastase def. Manuel Orantes

5-7 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 1973*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	5-7 6-3 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	27	24
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,228	2,029
Career W-L	859–331	696–286
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 6 – 3 Manuel Orantes

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1973	SF	Nikola Pilic	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1973	QF	John Alexander	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1973	R16	Patrice Dominguez	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R32	Pat Dupre	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1973	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1973	QF	Roscoe Tanner	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1973	R16	Phil Dent	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R32	Clark Graebner	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data