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John Newcombe#18 def. Bob Giltinan#74

5-7 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 25, 1978*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	5-7 6-4 6-1
Loser	Bob Giltinan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Bob Giltinan
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 4, 1949
Age	34	28
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	74
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,850	1,619
Career W-L	556–224	106–117
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 2 – 0 Bob Giltinan

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Tom Gullikson	7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Victor Amaya	6-4 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Bob Giltinan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Yannick Noah	7-6 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data