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John Newcombe #16 def. Paolo Bertolucci #33

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date May 13, 1978*
Tournament Nations Cup
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundSF
Winner John Newcombe
Score6-3 6-2
Loser Paolo Bertolucci

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombePaolo Bertolucci
Country AUS ITA
Birth dateMay 23, 1944Aug 3, 1951
Age3326
Height183175
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)1633
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,8491,755
Career W-L556–224198–150
Career earnings$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 0 0 Paolo Bertolucci

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 8, 1978RR Tadeusz Nowicki 7-5 6-1WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 14, 1978F Jose Higueras 2-6 3-6LH2HMatch data

Paolo Bertolucci's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 8, 1978RR Rolf Gehring 6-4 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch data