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Manuel Orantes #14 def. Russell Simpson #108

2-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 26, 1979*
Tournament	Munich
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	2-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Russell Simpson
Country	ESP	NZL
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Feb 22, 1954
Age	30	25
Height	178	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	108
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,504
Career W-L	696–286	131–195
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 1 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1979	R32	Ross Case	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1979	QF	Werner Zirngibl	6-1 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1979	R32	Gunther Gnettner	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data