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Guillermo Vilas #6 def. Alvin Gardiner #234

6-4 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 30, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	6-4 6-2 6-4
Loser	Alvin Gardiner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Alvin Gardiner
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Feb 11, 1951
Age	27	28
Height	180	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	234
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,050	1,406
Career W-L	898–282	43–100
Career earnings	$4,923,882	—

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 1 – 0 Alvin Gardiner

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 2, 1980	R16	Peter Mcnamara	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Alvin Gardiner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1979	R64	Noel Phillips	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data