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Ilie Nastase def. Manuel Orantes

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1971*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-3 6-3
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)	2,077	1,841
Career W-L	859–331	696–286
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 1 – 1 Manuel Orantes

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1971	QF	Francois Jauffret	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	R16	John Clifton	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R32	Eric Drossart	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1971	F	Jan Kodes	10-8 11-9 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1971	QF	Peter Szoke	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	R16	Jean Loup Rouyer	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R32	Jean Claude Barclay	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1971	R64	Vittorio Crotta	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data