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A. Panatta#18 def. B. Scanlon#64

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 24, 1979*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	A. Panatta
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	B. Scanlon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Panatta	B. Scanlon
Country	ITA	USA
Birth date	Jul 9, 1950	Nov 13, 1956
Age	28	22
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	64
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,922	1,758
Career W-L	379–226	307–259
Career earnings	$776,187	$1,427,007

Pre-match H2H

A. Panatta 0 – 1 B. Scanlon

Path

A. Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	R. Cano	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

A. Panatta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1979	R16	J. Higueras	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

B. Scanlon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	C. Kirmayr	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data