Manuel Orantes

Manuel Orantes

Nation:

Spain

Birthday:

February 6, 1949

Size:

178 cm

Weight:

75 kg

Resignation:

1985

Playing hand:

Left, one-handed backhand

Prize money:

$ 1,398,303

singles

Career record:

647: 249

Career title:

33

Highest ranking:

2 (23 August 1973)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	VF (1968)
French Open	F (1974)
Wimbledon	HF (1972)
US Open	S (1975)

Double

Career record:

298: 155

Career title:

22nd

Highest ranking:

160 (January 3 1983)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	HF (1968)
French Open	F (1978)
Wimbledon	VF (1972)
US Open	HF (1972)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	2R (1986)
Wimbledon	3R (1971)
US Open	-

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Manuel Orantes (born February 6, 1949 in Granada ) is a former Spanish tennis player .

He won the Spanish Open three times in his career , but the highlights of his career were winning the US Open in Forest Hills , when he defeated the top seeded Jimmy Connors in three straight sets on September 7, 1975 , and winning the Masters in Houston in 1976. Orantes won a total of 33 singles and 22 doubles titles. On August 23, 1973 he was led to position two in the world rankings.

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

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personal data
SURNAME	Orantes, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	spanish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Granada , Spain