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Ilie Nastase def. Manuel Orantes

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 1971*
Tournament	New York
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-2 6-2
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	24	22
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,071	1,861
Career W-L	859–331	696–286
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 1 Manuel Orantes

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1971	R32	Peter Curtis	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1971	QF	Tom Gorman	6-7 7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1971	R32	Mike Belkin	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data