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R. Tanner #7 def. A. Panatta #20

7-5 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 20, 1979*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3
Loser	A. Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	A. Panatta
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Jul 9, 1950
Age	27	28
Height	183	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,106	1,895
Career W-L	595–298	379–226
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 1 – 2 A. Panatta

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1979	R32	V. Amaya	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1979	QF	C. Barazzutti	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1979	R32	V. Pecci	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data