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Manuel Orantes #13 def. Bjorn Borg #4

6-1 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1974*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-1 7-5 6-2
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Bjorn Borg
Country	ESP	SWE
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jun 6, 1956
Age	25	18
Height	178	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	4
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,939	2,151
Career W-L	696–286	608–143
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 2 – 4 Bjorn Borg

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1974	QF	Jaime Fillol	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	R16	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1974	R32	Jose Moreno	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
Oct 16, 1974	R64	Frank Gebert	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1974	F	Ilie Nastase	6-8 7-9 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1974	QF	Jan Kodes	0-6 9-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	R16	Hans Kary	9-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1974	R32	Barry Phillips Moore	6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data
Oct 16, 1974	R64	Alejandro Pierola	6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data