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Manuel Orantes

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Country (sports)
  
Career record
  
641–253

Grand slams won (singles)
  
1

Height
  
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Name
  
Manuel Orantes

Turned pro
  
1968


Prize money
  
$1,398,303

Role
  
Tennis player

Residence
  
Barcelona, Spain

Weight
  
75 kg

Retired
  
1983

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Born
  
6 February 1949 (age 75) Granada, Spain (
1949-02-06
)

Plays
  
Left-handed (one-handed backhand)

Similar People
  
Juan Gisbert - Sr, Alex Corretja, Sergi Bruguera, Albert Costa, Carlos Moya

Int. Tennis HoF
  
2012 (member page)

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Manuel Orantes Corral ([maˈnwel oˈɾantes koˈral]; born 6 February 1949) is a former tennis player who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open men's singles in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final. Orantes reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2.

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Career

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On 7 September 1975 Orantes defeated top-seeded Jimmy Connors in the finals of the US Open at Forest Hills, New York to win his only Grand Slam title. A year earlier, he was runner-up to Björn Borg in the final of the French Open, taking a two-set lead before Borg won the last three sets for the loss of just two games.

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Overall, he won 33 singles titles, including Rome (1972), Hamburg (1972 & 1975), Canada (1975), Monte Carlo (1975), the U.S. Claycourt Championships (1973, 1975 & 1977), the U.S. Pro in Boston (1977 & 1978) and the Masters in 1976. He also reached 35 finals, including the French Open (1974), Cincinnati (1973), Monte Carlo (1970), Canada (1973 & 1974), Rome (1973 & 1975), and Hamburg (1976 & 1977).

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Orantes was a stalwart member of the Spanish Davis Cup team from 1967 to 1980, earning a record of 60–27 in Davis Cup match play. He also was a member of the Spanish team which won the inaugural World Team Cup in 1978.

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He also won 22 doubles titles in his career, including Hamburg in 1975 and Canada in 1974. He reached 20 doubles finals, including the French Open in 1978, Canada in 1976, and Hamburg in 1973.

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Orantes was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012.

References

Manuel Orantes Wikipedia