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M. Orantes def. J. Newcombe

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 11, 1973*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	M. Orantes
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Orantes	J. Newcombe
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	May 23, 1944
Age	24	29
Height	178	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,953	1,980
Career W-L	696–286	556–224
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

M. Orantes 0 – 1 J. Newcombe

Path

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	SF	V. Gerulaitis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	R. Case	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	G. Goven	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1973	R32	F. Froehling	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1973	R64	T. Moor	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	SF	G. Vilas	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	N. Pilic	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	E. Dibbs	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1973	R32	Fred Mcnair	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1973	R64	P. Burwash	(def.)	W	H2H	Match data