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Arthur Ashe def. Adriano Panatta

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 6, 1971*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Adriano Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Adriano Panatta
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 9, 1950
Age	27	20
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,097	1,628
Career W-L	800–258	379–226
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Adriano Panatta

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1971	R16	Roger Taylor	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Adriano Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1971	R64	Bill Bowrey	6-1 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data