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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Manuel Orantes#10

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 5, 1974
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-3
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	21	25
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,242	1,925
Career W-L	1,262–294	696–286
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 5 – 1 Manuel Orantes

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	QF	Onny Parun	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R16	Hans Jurgen Pohmann	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R32	Roger Dowdeswell	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R64	Pat Dupre	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	F	Bjorn Borg	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	QF	Guillermo Vilas	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R16	Bob Lutz	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R32	Antonio Munoz	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R64	Humphrey Hose	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data