| SF | L | Guillermo Vilas | 6-2 6-1 | H2H |
| QF | W | Phil Dent | 5-7 6-4 7-5 | H2H |
| R16 | W | Rod Frawley | 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
| R32 | W | Bruno Capineri | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | H2H |
🇮🇹 ITA · Right-handed · b. 1957-12-16
Franco Merlone
Active 1978–1980 · best rank seen: 366
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Career summary
Franco Merlone of Italy is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1978 to 1980. He finished with a career match record of 4–4 (50.0%). His best three-year stretch came in 1978–1980, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 1769.
Clay
3–2 (60.0%)
Carpet
1–2 (33.3%)
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1978–1980).
Match results
| R64 | L | Guillermo Vilas | 6-2 6-3 | H2H |
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.