SF Japan Open 1978

Adriano Panatta #29 def. Buster C Mottram #24

6-4 4-6 6-4

Adriano Panatta defeated Buster C Mottram 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 1978 Japan Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 28, 1978*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 1978
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Adriano Panatta	Buster C Mottram
Country	ITA	GBR
Birth date	Jul 9, 1950	Apr 25, 1955
Age	28	23
Height	183 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	29	24
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,877	1,850
Current career W-L	367–223	271–174
Current career earnings	$776,187	$14,500

Pre-match H2H

Adriano Panatta #29 3 – 1 Buster C Mottram #24

Path

Adriano Panatta's path

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

Adriano Panatta's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pat Dupre #57	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 1978	F

Buster C Mottram's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nick Saviano #69	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 28, 1978	QF
Mike Cahill #82	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 1978	R16
Akira Kawaguchi	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 1978	R32
Bhanu Nunna	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 1978	R64