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J. Clerc #8 def. Ivan Lendl #5

3-6 7-5 6-0 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 24, 1981*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Clerc
Score	3-6 7-5 6-0 6-2
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Clerc	Ivan Lendl
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 16, 1958	Mar 7, 1960
Age	22	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,009	2,196
Career W-L	361–141	1,051–229
Career earnings	$1,987,036	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

J. Clerc 4 – 0 Ivan Lendl

Path

J. Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1981	QF	A. Panatta	6-3 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1981	R16	J. Damiani	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1981	R32	J. Fitzgerald	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1981	R64	T. Moor	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Clerc's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1981	F	V. Pecci	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1981	QF	E. Dibbs	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1981	R16	B. Manson	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1981	R32	F. Taygan	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1981	R64	G. Ocleppo	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data