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M. Orantes#9 def. A. Ashe#18

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 26, 1978*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	M. Orantes
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	A. Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Orantes	A. Ashe
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jul 10, 1943
Age	29	35
Height	178	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	18
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,050	1,957
Career W-L	696–286	800–258
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

M. Orantes 4 – 3 A. Ashe

Path

M. Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1978	QF	W. Fibak	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1978	R16	P. Bertolucci	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	H. Kary	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1978	R64	B. Prajoux	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1978	F	H. Solomon	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1978	QF	J. Clerc	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1978	R16	S. Krulevitz	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	M. Riessen	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1978	R64	E. Iskersky	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data