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Z. Franulovic#40 def. M. Orantes#7

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1978*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Z. Franulovic
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	M. Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Z. Franulovic	M. Orantes
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Jun 13, 1947	Feb 6, 1949
Age	30	29
Height	—	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	40	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,757	2,038
Career W-L	407–307	696–286
Career earnings	$6,000	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Z. Franulovic 4 – 3 M. Orantes

Path

Z. Franulovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	N. Saviano	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Z. Franulovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1978	QF	C. Lewis	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	C. Drysdale	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data