SF Australian Open 1979

Guillermo Vilas #6 def. Victor Amaya #29

7-5 3-6 7-6 7-6

Guillermo Vilas defeated Victor Amaya 7-5 3-6 7-6 7-6 in the 1979 Australian Open semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 6, 1980*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1979
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Victor Amaya
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jul 2, 1954
Age	27	25
Height	180 cm	201 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	29
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,075	1,875
Current career W-L	890–283	187–173
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	$694,304

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #6 2 – 0 Victor Amaya #29

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Phil Dent #50	6-2 3-6 7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1980	QF
Peter Mcnamara	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jan 2, 1980	R16
Alvin Gardiner #234	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1979	R32
Chris Lewis #65	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 28, 1979	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Sadri #28	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1980	F

Victor Amaya's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Peter Rennert #60	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1980	QF
Paul Mcnamee #82	7-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 2, 1980	R16
David Carter #118	3-6 6-3 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1979	R32
Sherwood Stewart	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data	Dec 28, 1979	R64