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Biography of Manuel Orantes - Tennis
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Manuel Orantes, born February 5, 1949 in Granada, Spain was a tennis champion. He won the Spanish Open (tennis)|Spanish Open three times, but the highlight of his career was his 1975 performance at the U.S. Open (tennis)| U.S. Open at Forest Hills, New York when on September 7, 1975 he defeated top-seeded Jimmy Connors to win the title.

