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J. Connors#1 def. M. Orantes#8

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1978
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	M. Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	M. Orantes
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 6, 1949
Age	25	29
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,346	2,060
Career W-L	1,262–294	696–286
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 9 – 3 M. Orantes

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	QF	John McEnroe	3-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R16	J. Fillol	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R32	H. Gunthardt	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R64	R. Frawley	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	F	J. Higueras	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	QF	J. Borowiak	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R16	J. Clerc	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R32	R. Fagel	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R64	B. Martin	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data