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Manuel Orantes def. Ove Bengtson

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1972*
Tournament	Brussels
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Ove Bengtson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Ove Bengtson
Country	ESP	SWE
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Apr 5, 1945
Age	23	27
Height	178	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,993	1,644
Career W-L	696–286	134–169
Career earnings	$1,398,303	—

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 2 – 0 Ove Bengtson

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1972	R32	Jim Mcmanus	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1972	QF	Vladimir Zednik	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ove Bengtson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1972	R32	Eric Drossart	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data