Manuel Orantes

Template:Family name hatnote Manuel Orantes Corral (Template:IPA; born 6 February 1949) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He won 36 career singles titles, including the 1975 US Open, defeating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final. Orantes reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2.

Career

On 7 September 1975 Orantes defeated top-seeded Jimmy Connors in straight sets in the final of the US Open at Forest Hills, New York, where he "destroyed Connors' usually furious attacking game with popcorn balls"<ref name=":conora1975">Template:Cite news</ref> 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, losing just two games in total.

Overall, he won 36 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).

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.

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.

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

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1974	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	6–2, 7–6(7–1), 0–6, 1–6, 1–6
Win	1975	US Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1978	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Higueras	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	3–6, 2–6, 2–6

Other significant finals

Year-end championship

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1976	Masters	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	5–7, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1975	Masters	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Round robin

ATP career finals

Singles: 74 (36 titles, 38 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1968	Kingston, Jamaica	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	2–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1968	Madrid, Spain*<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Manuel Santana	6–2, 6–8, 5–7, 6–3, 8–6
Win	2.	1969	Macon, U.S.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Mark Cox	10–8, 7–5, 4–6, 9–7
Win	3.	1969	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Santana	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	2.	1969	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Santana	4–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	4.	1969	Madrid, Spain*<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Barry Philips-Moore	8–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	3.	1970	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	1970	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	4–6, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	1971	Caracas, Venezuela	Clay	Template:Flagicon Thomaz Koch	6–7, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	1971	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner	Abandoned
Win	5.	1971	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Win	6.	1972	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Template:Flagicon Haroon Rahim	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	7.	1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cliff Richey	4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win	7.	1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
Win	8.	1972	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
Win	9.	1972	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	6–3, 9–8, 6–0
Win	10.	1972	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	8.	1972	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	1972	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	11.	1973	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Win	12.	1973	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10
Loss	10.	1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	1–6, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	11.	1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	4–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	12.	1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Abandoned
Win	13.	1973	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	13.	1973	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win	14.	1973	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Georges Goven	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	14.	1973	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	3–6, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	15.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–2, 1–6, 6–8, 4–6
Loss	16.	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	6–2, 7–6, 0–6, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	17.	1974	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 2–6
Loss	18.	1974	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	19.	1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–8, 7–9, 3–6
Loss	20.	1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 6–0, 5–7, 2–6
Win	15.	1975	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Template:Flagicon François Jauffret	6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	16.	1975	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	6–2, 6–4
Loss	21.	1975	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	3–6, 0–6
Loss	22.	1975	Madrid-2, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–7, 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	17.	1975	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Template:Flagicon Patrick Proisy	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	18.	1975	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	23.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 5–7, 5–7
Win	19.	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Higueras	6–0, 6–3
Win	20.	1975	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–2
Win	21.	1975	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	7–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win	22.	1975	US Open, New York	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	24.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	25.	1975	Calcutta, India	Clay	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	5–7, 3–6
Win	23.	1976	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kjell Johansson	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Win	24.	1976	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	6–1, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	26.	1976	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	2–6, 9–7, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	27.	1976	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eddie Dibbs	4–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	28.	1976	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	2–6, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	29.	1976	Pepsi Grand Slam, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	4–6, 3–6
Win	25.	1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	7–6, 6–2, 7–6
Win	26.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
Win	27.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win	28.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eddie Dibbs	6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	30.	1976	London, UK	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 4–6
Loss	31.	1976	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Mark Cox	6–4, 5–7, 6–7
Win	29.	1976	Masters, Houston	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	5–7, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	32.	1977	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Paolo Bertolucci	3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	33.	1977	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Alexander	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win	30.	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–3
Win	31.	1977	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	34.	1977	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	2–6, 5–7, 2–6
Win	32.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–1
Loss	35.	1977	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	DEF
Win	33.	1978	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Harold Solomon	6–4, 6–3
Win	34.	1979	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	36.	1979	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	3–6, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	37.	1980	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	2–6, 0–6, 1–6
Win	35.	1981	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pedro Rebolledo	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
Win	36.	1982	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ángel Giménez	6–2, 6–0
Loss	38.	1983	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Henrik Sundström	5–7, 6–4, 3–6

• Madrid 1968 and 1969 not listed by ATP.

Doubles: 42 (23 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1969	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Patricio Rodríguez	Template:Flagicon Terry Addison Template:Flagicon Ray Keldie	8–10, 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Win	2.	1971	New York City, US	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Haroon Rahim	7–6, 6–2
Win	3.	1971	Salisbury, US	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner Template:Flagicon Thomaz Koch	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	1.	1972	Kansas City, US	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win	4.	1972	Salisbury, US	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr. Template:Flagicon Vladimir Zednik	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2.	1972	Hampton, US	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	4–6, 6–7
Loss	3.	1972	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jim McManus	Template:Flagicon Patricio Cornejo Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	4–6, 6–7
Loss	4.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	2–6, 2–6
Win	5.	1972	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Patricio Cornejo Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	9–7, 6–3
Win	6.	1972	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	8–6, 6–2
Win	7.	1972	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	8.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Mike Estep Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	6–4, 7–6
Loss	5.	1973	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	6.	1973	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	Template:Flagicon Ove Nils Bengtson Template:Flagicon Jim McManus	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	9.	1973	Louisville, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	7.	1973	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	1974	Tucson, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Edlefsen	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	1974	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win	10.	1974	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2
Win	11.	1974	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Higueras	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Thomaz Koch	7–5, 0–6, 6–1, 9–8
Win	12.	1974	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	11.	1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr. Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Win	13.	1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 2–6, 6–2
Win	14.	1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner Template:Flagicon Thomaz Koch	6–4, 6–3
Win	15.	1975	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Syd Ball Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy	8–6, 6–3
Win	16.	1975	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	6–3, 7–6
Loss	12.	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg Template:Flagicon Ove Nils Bengtson	6–7, 5–7
Win	17.	1975	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–5, 6–0
Loss	13.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–7, 6–4, 7–9
Win	18.	1975	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	14.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 4–6
Win	19.	1975	Calcutta, India	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	20.	1975	Masters, Stockholm	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Round robin
Win	21.	1976	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Corrado Barazzutti Template:Flagicon Antonio Zugarelli
Win	22.	1976	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–3, ret.
Loss	15.	1976	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	16.	1976	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 1–6
Loss	17.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr.	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 1–6
Loss	18.	1977	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	19.	1978	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Higueras	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win	23.	1982	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Aubone Template:Flagicon Ángel Giménez	DEF
Loss	20.	1982	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Angel Gimenez	Template:Flagicon Hans Kary Template:Flagicon Zoltán Kuhárszky	5–7, 2–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	SR	Template:Tooltip	Template:Nowrap
Template:Nowrap	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	3–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	3R	4R	1R	SF	2R	F	1R	QF	A	QF	4R	4R	1R	A	2R	0 / 14	31–11	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	1R	1R	3R	1R	SF	A	4R	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 7	11–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	2R	A	QF	3R	3R	2R	W	QF	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 9	25–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	3–2	3–3	5–2	4–2	11–3	3–2	10–3	7–1	8–2	4–1	4–2	4–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking	–	–	–	–	–	5	11	5	4	7	12	19	58	45	41	74

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