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B. Borg#2 def. M. Orantes#7

4-6 6-0 6-2 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1976*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	B. Borg
Score	4-6 6-0 6-2 5-7 6-4
Loser	M. Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	M. Orantes
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 6, 1949
Age	20	27
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,299	2,042
Career W-L	608–143	696–286
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 6 – 3 M. Orantes

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	B. Gottfried	6-7 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	John Lloyd	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	J. Fillol	4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	Cliff Letcher	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1976	SF	I. Nastase	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	Stan Smith	3-6 1-6 6-2 7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	A. Stone	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	J. Andrew	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	J. Kuki	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data