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J. Newcombe#16 def. P. Bertolucci#33

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 13, 1978*
Tournament	Nations Cup
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	P. Bertolucci

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	P. Bertolucci
Country	AUS	ITA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 3, 1951
Age	33	26
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	33
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,849	1,755
Career W-L	556–224	198–150
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 0 – 0 P. Bertolucci

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1978	RR	T. Nowicki	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1978	F	J. Higueras	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

P. Bertolucci's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1978	RR	R. Gehring	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data