F Italian Open 1979

Vitas Gerulaitis #4 def. Guillermo Vilas #5

6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Guillermo Vilas 6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2 in the 1979 Italian Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 28, 1979*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Aug 17, 1952
Age	24	26
Height	183 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,177	2,121
Current career W-L	528–234	890–283
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis #4 0 – 2 Guillermo Vilas #5

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Eddie Dibbs #8	0-6 6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1979	SF
Gianni Ocleppo	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1979	QF
John Alexander #15	6-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1979	R16
Tim Wilkison #49	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1979	R32
Fernando Dalla Fontana	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data	May 23, 1979	R64

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gene Mayer #27	6-3 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1979	SF
Adriano Panatta #18	6-1 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1979	QF
Paolo Bertolucci #53	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1979	R16
Phil Dent	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1979	R32
Carlos Gattiker	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 1979	R64