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M. Orantes #6 def. J. Connors #1

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 8, 1977
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	M. Orantes
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Orantes	J. Connors
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Sep 2, 1952
Age	28	24
Height	178	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,044	2,269
Career W-L	696–286	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

M. Orantes 2 – 7 J. Connors

Path

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	SF	B. Taroczy	6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	QF	T. Moor	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	R16	V. Amaya	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	R32	S. Krulevitz	3-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	R64	W. Zirngibl	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	SF	P. Dent	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	QF	D. Stockton	2-6 6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	R16	B. Teacher	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	R32	M. Mitchell	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1977	R64	H. Bunis	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data