Head to head
Rivalry summary
Manuel Orantes and Yannick Noah met 3 times on the ATP tour between 1979 and 1983. Yannick Noah leads the head-to-head 2–1 against Manuel Orantes. By surface, Noah leads 2–1 on clay. They contested 1 finals, with Orantes winning 0 of them.
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Clay
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Manuel Orantes's wins on the left · Yannick Noah's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1983 | Monte-Carlo | Clay | QF | Manuel Orantes | 2-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1981 | Nice | Clay | SF | Yannick Noah | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1979 | Madrid | Clay | F | Yannick Noah | 6-3 6-7 6-3 6-2 |
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.