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I. Nastase#1 def. M. Orantes#3

2-6 6-1 8-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 1973*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	2-6 6-1 8-6 6-4
Loser	M. Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	M. 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)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,160	2,018
Career W-L	859–331	696–286
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 7 – 3 M. Orantes

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1973	SF	J. Kodes	6-1 4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1973	QF	J. Higueras	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1973	R16	Jaime Pinto Bravo	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Oct 11, 1973	R32	J. Mandarino	9-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1973	SF	B. Borg	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1973	QF	B. Mottram	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1973	R16	J. Ganzabal	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1973	R32	A. Martorell	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data