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Adriano Panatta #9 def. John Newcombe #25

6-2 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 30, 1976*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Adriano Panatta
Score	6-2 6-4 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Adriano Panatta	John Newcombe
Country	ITA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 9, 1950	May 23, 1944
Age	25	32
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	25
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,011	1,988
Career W-L	379–226	556–224
Career earnings	$776,187	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Adriano Panatta 0 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Adriano Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1976	QF	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-7 4-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1976	R16	Zeljko Franulovic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1976	R32	Antonio Zugarelli	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1976	R64	Kim Warwick	3-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Adriano Panatta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1976	F	Guillermo Vilas	2-6 7-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1976	QF	Jan Kodes	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1976	R16	Tomas Smid	6-3 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1976	R32	Chris Kachel	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1976	R64	Jun Kamiwazumi	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data