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Manuel Orantes def. John Newcombe

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	John 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

Manuel Orantes 0 – 1 John Newcombe

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	Ross Case	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	Georges Goven	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1973	R32	Frank Froehling	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1973	R64	Terry Moor	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	SF	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	Nikola Pilic	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	Eddie 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	Peter Burwash	(def.)	W	H2H	Match data