Panatta v Orantes
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst1–9
Manuel Orantes takes it, 9–1 on categories
Orantes wins on titles. Panatta’s case rests on grand slam titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Panatta 596 matches, Orantes 979 matches.
- Orantes has 37 titles (one every 20 matches) to Panatta’s 11 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Panatta has 1 grand slam title (one every 50 matches) to Orantes’ 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
- Orantes averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Panatta’s 1.1.
- Winners’ edge: Orantes’s team won 72%, Panatta’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Orantes has 979 matches across 17 seasons, Panatta 596 in 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.011 total · best 1Titlesper game0.137 total · best 1
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 13.37,952 total · best 35Games wonper game13.413,145 total · best 36
- 58.8Sets won %68.0
- 52.8Games won %57.5
- 0.128 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
613 matches
since 19697
since 19697
- Clay · 10 matchesPanatta 4Orantes 6
- Hard · 2 matchesPanatta 2Orantes 0
- Carpet · 1 matchPanatta 0Orantes 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchPanatta 1Orantes 0
- Finals · 3 matchesPanatta 0Orantes 3
Last meetings
- 7 May 1979 · Nations Cup · Round robin · ClayPanatta won 7-6 6-0
- 20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · HardPanatta won 6-3 6-4
- 29 Aug 1978 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardPanatta won 4-1
- 8 May 1978 · Nations Cup · Round robin · ClayPanatta won 7-6 6-7 6-3
- 30 Nov 1975 · Masters · Round robin · CarpetOrantes won 6-4 7-6
- 13 Oct 1975 · Barcelona · Quarterfinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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