F Italian Open 1978

Bjorn Borg #3 def. Adriano Panatta #23

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

Bjorn Borg defeated Adriano Panatta 1-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3 in the 1978 Italian Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 29, 1978*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1978
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Adriano Panatta
Country	SWE	ITA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 9, 1950
Age	21	27
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	23
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,392	1,951
Current career W-L	617–141	367–223
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #3 7 – 6 Adriano Panatta #23

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Eddie Dibbs #6	6-4 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1978	SF
Harold Solomon #12	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1978	QF
Roscoe Tanner #11	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1978	R16
Eric Deblicker #72	5-7 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1978	R32
Ricardo Ycaza #97	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1978	R64

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Adriano Panatta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jose Higueras #24	0-6 7-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1978	SF
Victor Amaya #64	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1978	QF
Hank Pfister #30	5-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1978	R16
Terry Moor #57	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1978	R32
Vitas Gerulaitis #4	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1978	R64