F Sydney International 1979

Phil Dent #77 def. Hank Pfister #37

6-4 6-4 7-5

Phil Dent defeated Hank Pfister 6-4 6-4 7-5 in the 1979 Sydney International final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Dec 23, 1979*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Phil Dent	Hank Pfister
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	Oct 9, 1953
Age	29	26
Height	183 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	77	37
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,815	1,917
Current career W-L	414–344	260–213

Pre-match H2H

Phil Dent #77 0 – 0 Hank Pfister #37

Path

Phil Dent's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John James	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	SF
Balazs Taroczy #42	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	QF
Victor Amaya #29	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 21, 1979	R16
John Marks	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 20, 1979	R32
Ken Rosewall	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1979	R64

Phil Dent's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Hank Pfister's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Vilas #6	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	SF
Kim Warwick #44	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	QF
Geoff Masters #64	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 21, 1979	R16
John Fitzgerald	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 20, 1979	R32
Steve Docherty	7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1979	R64