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Cliff Richey def. Guillermo Vilas

3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 5, 1971*
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2
Loser	Guillermo Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	Aug 17, 1952
Age	24	19
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,938	1,542
Career W-L	488–224	898–282
Career earnings	$7,500	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 0 – 0 Guillermo Vilas

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1971	R32	Ricardo Cano	6-0 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1971	QF	Jan Leschly	1-6 6-4 3-6 2-6	L	—	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1971	R32	U Unknown	UNK	W	—	Match data