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Bjorn Borg#3 def. Adriano Panatta#23

1-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 29, 1978*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	1-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3
Loser	Adriano Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Adriano Panatta
Country	SWE	ITA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 9, 1950
Age	21	27
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	23
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,291	1,939
Career W-L	608–143	379–226
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 7 – 6 Adriano Panatta

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	SF	Eddie Dibbs	6-4 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	QF	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1978	R32	Eric Deblicker	5-7 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Ricardo Ycaza	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Adriano Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	SF	Jose Higueras	0-6 7-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	QF	Victor Amaya	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Hank Pfister	5-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1978	R32	Terry Moor	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Vitas Gerulaitis	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data