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John McEnroe #3 def. Manuel Orantes #19

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date Aug 6, 1979
Tournament Indianapolis
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner John McEnroe
Score6-3 6-3
Loser Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn McEnroeManuel Orantes
Country USA ESP
Birth dateFeb 16, 1959Feb 6, 1949
Age2030
Height180178
HandednessLeft-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)319
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,2641,869
Career W-L833–189696–286
Career earnings$12,552,132$1,398,303
Pre-match H2H
John McEnroe 2 3 Manuel Orantes

Path

John McEnroe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1979R16 Ricardo Ycaza 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1979R32 Ramesh Krishnan 6-4 6-1WMatch data
Aug 6, 1979R64 Mike Cahill 7-5 6-1WH2HMatch data

John McEnroe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1979SF Guillermo Vilas 4-6 5-7LH2HMatch data

Manuel Orantes's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1979R16 Andres Gomez 4-2 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1979R32 Michael Grant 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1979R64 Tim Mayotte 7-5 7-5WH2HMatch data