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Guillermo Vilas #6 def. Victor Amaya #29

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 1980*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	7-5 3-6 7-6 7-6
Loser	Victor Amaya

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Victor Amaya
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jul 2, 1954
Age	27	25
Height	180	201
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	29
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,070	1,873
Career W-L	898–282	187–173
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$694,304

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 2 – 0 Victor Amaya

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

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

Guillermo Vilas's next match

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

Victor Amaya's path

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