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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Manuel 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	Bjorn Borg
Score	4-6 6-0 6-2 5-7 6-4
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Manuel 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

Bjorn Borg 6 – 3 Manuel Orantes

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	Brian 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	Jaime Fillol	4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	Cliff Letcher	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

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

Manuel 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	Allan Stone	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	Jorge Andrew	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	Jun Kuki	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data