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Jose Higueras #25 def. Manuel Orantes #71

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 21, 1981*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jose Higueras
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Higueras	Manuel Orantes
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Mar 1, 1953	Feb 6, 1949
Age	28	32
Height	178	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	71
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,851	1,791
Career W-L	427–226	696–286
Career earnings	$1,406,355	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Jose Higueras 1 – 2 Manuel Orantes

Path

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1981	R64	Billy Martin	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1981	R16	Guillermo Vilas	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1981	R64	Slobodan Zivojinovic	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data