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After the build period, heat treatments of annealing (AT) and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) are often implemented, but a comparison of their mechanical performances based on the specimen orientation is still lacking. In this study, horizontally and vertically built Ti6Al4V SLM specimens that underwent the aforementioned treatments, together with their microstructural and defect characteristics, were, respectively, investigated using metallography and X-ray imaging. The mechanical properties and failure mechanism, via fracture analysis, were obtained. The critical factors influencing the mechanical properties and the correlation of the fatigue lives and failure origins were also estimated. The results demonstrate that the mechanical performances were determined by the \u03b1-phase morphology and defects, which included micropores and fewer large lack-of-fusion defects. Following the coarsening of the \u03b1 phase, the strength decreased while the plasticity remained stable. With the discrepancy in the defect occurrence, anisotropy and scatter of the mechanical performances were introduced, which was significantly alleviated with HIP treatment. The fatigue failure origins were governed by defects and the \u03b1 colony, which was composed of parallel \u03b1 phases. Approximately linear relationships correlating fatigue lives with the X-parameter and maximum stress amplitude were, respectively, established in the AT and HIP states. 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