Head to head
0
Hard
4
3
Clay
5
0
Carpet
3
Manuel Orantes's wins on the left · Jimmy Connors's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (15)
| 1979 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1 |
| 1979 | Dorado Beach WCT | Hard | RR | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1978 | Indianapolis | Clay | SF | Jimmy Connors | 7-5 6-1 |
| 1978 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1977 | US Open | Clay | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-4 6-3 |
| 1977 | Indianapolis | Clay | F | Manuel Orantes | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1977 | Pepsi Grand Slam | Clay | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-7(5) 6-2 5-5 RET |
| 1975 | US Open | Clay | F | Manuel Orantes | 6-4 6-3 6-3 |
| 1974 | Indianapolis | Clay | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1973 | Masters | Hard | RR | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1973 | Stockholm | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1973 | Cincinnati | Clay | SF | Manuel Orantes | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1972 | Washington-1 | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 4-6 4-6 6-1 7-6 6-4 |
| 1972 | Los Angeles-1 | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1972 | Omaha | Carpet | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-1 |
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.