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Manuel Orantes #10 def. Nicola Spear #126

2-6 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 2, 1975*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	2-6 6-1 6-1
Loser	Nicola Spear

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Nicola Spear
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	—
Age	26	—
Height	178	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	126
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,989	1,585
Career W-L	696–286	109–170
Career earnings	$1,398,303	—

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 2 – 1 Nicola Spear

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1975	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1975	R16	Jose Moreno	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
Apr 30, 1975	R32	Tito Vazquez	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1975	F	Ilie Nastase	6-7 1-6 6-2 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicola Spear's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1975	QF	Juan Gisbert	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 1, 1975	R16	Ramiro Benavides	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1975	R32	Marcello Lara	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 1975	R64	Jean Francois Caujolle	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data