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Nikola Pilic def. Paolo Bertolucci

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1973*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Nikola Pilic
Score	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Paolo Bertolucci

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikola Pilic	Paolo Bertolucci
Country	CRO	ITA
Birth date	Aug 27, 1939	Aug 3, 1951
Age	33	21
Height	191	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,899	1,769
Career W-L	301–248	198–150

Pre-match H2H

Nikola Pilic 0 – 0 Paolo Bertolucci

Path

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1973	R16	Frank Froehling	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1973	R32	Phil Dent	3-6 7-5 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1973	R64	John Lloyd	6-1 6-7 6-0	W	—	Match data
May 23, 1973	R128	Geza Varga	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nikola Pilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1973	SF	Adriano Panatta	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paolo Bertolucci's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1973	R16	Arthur Ashe	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1973	R32	Andrew Pattison	3-6 6-4 6-7 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 25, 1973	R64	Mark Cox	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1973	R128	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data