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Nikola Pilic def. Adriano Panatta

6-4 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 1973*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nikola Pilic
Score	6-4 6-3 6-2
Loser	Adriano Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikola Pilic	Adriano Panatta
Country	CRO	ITA
Birth date	Aug 27, 1939	Jul 9, 1950
Age	33	22
Height	191	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,914	2,059
Career W-L	301–248	379–226
Career earnings	—	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

Nikola Pilic 0 – 0 Adriano Panatta

Path

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1973	QF	Paolo Bertolucci	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1973	R16	Frank Froehling	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1973	R32	Phil Dent	3-6 7-5 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1973	R64	John Lloyd	6-1 6-7 6-0	W	—	Match data
May 23, 1973	R128	Geza Varga	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nikola Pilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1973	F	Ilie Nastase	3-6 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Adriano Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1973	QF	Tom Okker	6-3 5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1973	R16	Bjorn Borg	7-6 2-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1973	R32	Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1973	R64	Bernard Mignot	6-1 1-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1973	R128	Bob Carmichael	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data