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A. Panatta#29 def. B. Mottram#24

6-4 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 1978*
Tournament	Osaka
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	A. Panatta
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Loser	B. Mottram

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Panatta	B. Mottram
Country	ITA	GBR
Birth date	Jul 9, 1950	—
Age	28	—
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	29	24
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,890	1,840
Career W-L	379–226	270–177
Career earnings	$776,187	$14,500

Pre-match H2H

A. Panatta 3 – 1 B. Mottram

Path

A. Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1978	QF	J. Kuki	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	R16	J. Kamiwazumi	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1978	R32	A. Naguro	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

A. Panatta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1978	F	P. Dupre	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

B. Mottram's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1978	QF	N. Saviano	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	R16	M. Cahill	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1978	R32	A. Kawaguchi	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R64	B. Nunna	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data