Head to head
Rivalry summary
Manuel Orantes and Brian Fairlie met 5 times on the ATP tour between 1968 and 1978. Manuel Orantes leads the head-to-head 5–0 against Brian Fairlie. By surface, Orantes leads 4–0 on clay.
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Hard
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Clay
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Manuel Orantes's wins on the left · Brian Fairlie's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1978 | Palm Springs | Hard | R64 | Manuel Orantes | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1977 | North Conway | Clay | R16 | Manuel Orantes | 6-3 6-0 |
| 1976 | Dusseldorf | Clay | R32 | Manuel Orantes | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1971 | Barcelona WCT | Clay | R32 | Manuel Orantes | 7-5 7-6 |
| 1968 | Rome | Clay | R64 | Manuel Orantes | 6-0 6-3 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.