Head to head
5
Clay
9
Balazs Taroczy's wins on the left · Manuel Orantes's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (14)
| 1983 | Rome | Clay | R64 | Balazs Taroczy | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1982 | Madrid | Clay | R32 | Manuel Orantes | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1982 | Bournemouth | Clay | SF | Manuel Orantes | 6-7 7-5 6-1 |
| 1981 | Geneva | Clay | R32 | Manuel Orantes | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1981 | Bournemouth | Clay | SF | Balazs Taroczy | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1979 | Roland Garros | Clay | R64 | Manuel Orantes | 7-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1977 | Madrid | Clay | R16 | Manuel Orantes | 6-4 6-0 |
| 1977 | Indianapolis | Clay | SF | Manuel Orantes | 6-3 5-7 6-3 |
| 1977 | Davis Cup EUR SF: HUN vs ESP | Clay | RR | Balazs Taroczy | 7-5 4-6 1-6 6-1 6-1 |
| 1976 | Madrid-2 | Clay | QF | Manuel Orantes | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1975 | Rome | Clay | R32 | Manuel Orantes | 6-7 6-4 6-3 |
| 1974 | Kitzbuhel | Clay | SF | Balazs Taroczy | 6-2 1-6 2-6 6-3 6-1 |
| 1974 | Monte-Carlo WCT | Clay | R32 | Balazs Taroczy | 6-2 3-6 7-6(4) |
| 1972 | Bastad | Clay | SF | Manuel Orantes | 6-4 6-4 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.