Santana v Orantes
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst5–4
Manuel Santana takes it, 5–4 on categories
Santana wins on titles. Orantes’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Santana 180 matches, Orantes 979 matches.
- Santana has 11 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Orantes’ 37 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Santana averages 16.7 games won a match to Orantes’ 13.4 (24% more).
- Orantes averages 9.9 games lost a match to Santana’s 12.5.
- Longevity: Orantes has 979 matches across 17 seasons, Santana 180 in 11 — 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.
- 0.111 total · best 1Titlesper game0.137 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 16.72,998 total · best 40Games wonper game13.413,145 total · best 36
- 69.4Sets won %68.0
- 57.2Games won %57.5
- 0.116 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
35 matches
since 19682
since 19682
- Clay · 4 matchesSantana 3Orantes 1
- Finals · 4 matchesSantana 2Orantes 2
Last meetings
- 11 Aug 1969 · Kitzbuhel · Final · ClaySantana won 6-4 6-2 6-3
- 12 May 1969 · Barcelona · Final · ClayOrantes won 6-4 7-5 6-4
- 11 Nov 1968 · Barcelona Nationals · Final · ClaySantana won 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2
- 1 Oct 1968 · Madrid Real · FinalOrantes won 6-2 6-8 5-7 6-3 8-6
- 15 Apr 1968 · Madrid · Semifinal · ClaySantana won 1-6 1-6 6-2 6-3 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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