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Guillermo Vilas#4 def. Adriano Panatta#18

6-1 6-7 7-5

Match Information

Date May 27, 1979*
Tournament Rome
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner Guillermo Vilas
Score6-1 6-7 7-5
Loser Adriano Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldGuillermo VilasAdriano Panatta
Country ARG ITA
Birth dateAug 17, 1952Jul 9, 1950
Age2628
Height180183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)418
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0941,953
Career W-L898–282379–226
Career earnings$4,923,882$776,187
Pre-match H2H
Guillermo Vilas 2 2 Adriano Panatta

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 26, 1979R16 Paolo Bertolucci 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 24, 1979R32 Phil Dent 6-2 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 23, 1979R64 Carlos Gattiker 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data

Guillermo Vilas's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1979SF Gene Mayer 6-3 3-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch data

Adriano Panatta's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 26, 1979R16 Jose Higueras 6-4 7-6WH2HMatch data
May 24, 1979R32 Bill Scanlon 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 23, 1979R64 Ricardo Cano 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data