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A. Panatta #42 def. J. Higueras #24

0-6 7-5 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 28, 1978*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	A. Panatta
Score	0-6 7-5 (ret.)
Loser	J. Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Panatta	J. Higueras
Country	ITA	ESP
Birth date	Jul 9, 1950	Mar 1, 1953
Age	27	25
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	42	24
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,917	2,049
Career W-L	379–226	427–226
Career earnings	$776,187	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

A. Panatta 1 – 1 J. Higueras

Path

A. Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	QF	V. Amaya	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	H. Pfister	5-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1978	R32	T. Moor	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	V. Gerulaitis	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

A. Panatta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1978	F	B. Borg	6-1 3-6 1-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	QF	J. Alexander	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	B. Gottfried	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1978	R32	P. Dominguez	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	B. Martin	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data