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Manuel Orantes #9 def. Arthur Ashe #18

6-3 6-2

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	Arthur 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

Manuel Orantes 4 – 3 Arthur Ashe

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

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

Manuel Orantes's next match

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

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1978	QF	Jose Luis Clerc	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1978	R16	Steve Krulevitz	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	Marty Riessen	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1978	R64	Erick Iskersky	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data