Manuel Orantes

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Orantes and the second or maternal family name is Corral.

Manuel Orantes Corral (born February 5, 1949 in Granada, Spain) was a tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final.

Career

On September 7, 1975, he 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.

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

He 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, the biggest coming at 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.

Grand Slam singles finals

Win

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1975	US Open	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–3, 6–3

Runner-up

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1974	French Open	Björn Borg	2–6, 6–7(1), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1

Singles titles (33)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1969	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Santana	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
2.	1971	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Robert Lutz	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
3.	1972	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Haroon Rahim	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
4.	1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jan Kodeš	4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
5.	1972	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
6.	1972	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 9–8, 6–0
7.	1972	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
8.	1973	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
9.	1973	Nice, France	Clay	Adriano Panatta	7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10
10.	1973	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	John Newcombe	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
11.	1973	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Georges Goven	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
12.	1975	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	François Jauffret	6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
13.	1975	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Bob Hewitt	6–2, 6–4
14.	1975	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Onny Parun	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
15.	1975	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
16.	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	José Higueras	6–0, 6–3
17.	1975	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–2
18.	1975	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ilie Năstase	7–6, 6–0, 6–1
19.	1975	U.S. Open, New York	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
20.	1976	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Kjell Johansson	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
21.	1976	Munich, Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	6–1, 6–4, 6–1
22.	1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jan Kodeš	7–6, 6–2, 7–6
23.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
24.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–2, 6–1
25.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
26.	1976	Masters, Houston	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	5–7, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6, 6–1
27.	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–3
28.	1977	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 7–5, 6–4
29.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–1
30.	1978	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–4, 6–3
31.	1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
32.	1981	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Pedro Rebolledo	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
33.	1982	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Angel Gimenez	6–2, 6–0

Runners-up (35)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1970	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Željko Franulović	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
2.	1970	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Željko Franulović	6–4, 6–2, 6–0
3.	1971	Caracas, Venezuela	Clay	Thomaz Koch	7–6, 6–1, 6–3
4.	1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Cliff Richey	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
5.	1972	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–4
6.	1972	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
7.	1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
8.	1973	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Stan Smith	6–4, 6–2, 7–6
9.	1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	ABN
10.	1973	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
11.	1973	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
12.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
13.	1974	French Open, Paris	Clay	Björn Borg	2–6, 6–7, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
14.	1974	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–2
15.	1974	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
16.	1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	8–6, 9–7, 6–3
17.	1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 0–6, 7–5, 6–2
18.	1975	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–0
19.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	7–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
20.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 7–5, 7–5
21.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
22.	1975	Calcutta, India	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 6–3
23.	1976	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 7–9, 6–2, 6–2
24.	1976	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
25.	1976	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–0
26.	1976	Pepsi Grand Slam, Myrtle Beach	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3
27.	1976	London, England	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
28.	1976	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Mark Cox	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
29.	1977	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
30.	1977	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	John Alexander	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
31.	1977	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Björn Borg	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
32.	1977	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Karl Meiler	DEF
33.	1979	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
34.	1980	Nice, France	Clay	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–0, 6–1
35.	1983	Nice, France	Clay	Henrik Sundström	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	Career SR
Australian Open	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1
French Open	1R	3R	4R	1R	SF	2R	F	1R	QF	A	QF	4R	4R	1R	A	2R	0 / 14
Wimbledon	1R	1R	3R	1R	SF	A	4R	A	A	A	A	4R	A	A	A	A	0 / 7
US Open	A	2R	A	4R	3R	3R	2R	W	QF	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 9
Annual Win-Loss	3–2	3–3	5–2	3–2	11–3	3–2	10–3	7–1	8–2	4–1	4–2	4–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.

Doubles Titles (22)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1969	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Patricio Rodríguez	Terry Addison Ray Keldie	8–10, 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
2.	1971	New York, U.S.	Indoor	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Jimmy Connors Haroon Rahim	7–6, 6–2
3.	1971	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
4.	1972	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Andrés Gimeno	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Vladimir Zednik	6–4, 6–3
5.	1972	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol Sr.	9–7, 6–3
6.	1972	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Andrew Pattison	8–6, 6–2
7.	1972	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
8.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Mike Estep Ion Ţiriac	6–4, 7–6
9.	1973	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Clark Graebner John Newcombe	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
10.	1974	Munich, Germany	Clay	Antonio Muñoz	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2
11.	1974	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	José Higueras	Roy Emerson Thomaz Koch	7–5, 0–6, 6–1, 9–8
12.	1974	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
13.	1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 2–6, 6–2
14.	1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	Clark Graebner Thomaz Koch	6–4, 6–3
15.	1975	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Syd Ball Dick Crealy	8–6, 6–3
16.	1975	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	6–3, 7–6
17.	1975	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Wojtek Fibak Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–5, 6–0
18.	1975	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4
19.	1975	Calcutta, India	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
20.	1976	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli
21.	1976	Munich, Germany	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	1–6, 6–3, 6–2, 2–3, ret.
22.	1982	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Guillermo Aubone Angel Gimenez	DEF

Doubles runner-ups (20)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1972	Kansas City, U.S.	Indoor	Andrés Gimeno	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
2.	1972	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Andrés Gimeno	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	6–4, 7–6
3.	1972	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Jim McManus	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–4, 7–6
4.	1972	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	Ilie Năstase Stan Smith	6–2, 6–2
5.	1973	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
6.	1973	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Ion Ţiriac	Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
7.	1973	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Ion Ţiriac	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–4
8.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Antonio Muñoz	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
9.	1974	Tucson, U.S.	Hard	Tom Edlefsen	Charlie Pasarell Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–4
10.	1974	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Tony Roche	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
11.	1974	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
12.	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Björn Borg Ove Nils Bengtson	7–6, 7–5
13.	1975	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase	7–6, 4–6, 9–7
14.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–4
15.	1976	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Wojtek Fibak Fred McNair	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
16.	1976	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–1
17.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Wojtek Fibak Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 6–1
18.	1977	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Antonio Muñoz	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–1
19.	1978	French Open, Paris	Clay	José Higueras	Gene Mayer Hank Pfister	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
20.	1982	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Angel Gimenez	Hans Kary Zoltan Kuharszky	7–5, 6–2

External links

Manuel Orantes at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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