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Guillermo Vilas #3 def. John Marks #66

6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	John Marks

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	John Marks
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Dec 9, 1952
Age	26	26
Height	180	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	66
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,215	1,630
Career W-L	898–282	30–81
Career earnings	$4,923,882	—

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 0 – 0 John Marks

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1979	SF	Hank Pfister	6-2 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1979	QF	Tony Roche	3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	Allan Stone	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1979	R32	Brad Drewett	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	Terry Rocavert	6-3 6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Marks's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1979	SF	Arthur Ashe	6-4 6-2 2-6 1-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1979	QF	John Alexander	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	John Sadri	6-2 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1979	R32	Phil Dent	6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	Jose Luis Clerc	6-7 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data