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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Manuel Orantes #8

7-5 6-1

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Manuel 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

Jimmy Connors 9 – 3 Manuel Orantes

Path

Jimmy 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	Jaime Fillol	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R32	Heinz Gunthardt	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R64	Rod Frawley	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	QF	Jeff Borowiak	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R16	Jose Luis Clerc	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R32	Rick Fagel	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R64	Billy Martin	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data