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Guillermo Vilas #6 def. Cliff Drysdale #100

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1979*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Cliff Drysdale
Country	ARG	RSA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	May 26, 1941
Age	27	38
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,068	1,726
Career W-L	898–282	402–253
Career earnings	$4,923,882	—

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 1 – 1 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Cliff Letcher	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	QF	Peter Feigl	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Dick Crealy	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data