Guillermo Vilas #3 def. John Marks #63

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

Guillermo Vilas defeated John Marks 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1978 Australian Open final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 9, 1979*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1978
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	John Marks
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Dec 9, 1952
Age	26	26
Height	180 cm	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	63
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,233	1,631
Current career W-L	890–283	30–81
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	—

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #3 0 – 0 John Marks #63

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hank Pfister #29	6-2 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1979	SF
Tony Roche #32	3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 1979	QF
Allan Stone #67	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1979	R16
Brad Drewett #133	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 1, 1979	R32
Terry Rocavert	6-3 6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1978	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Marks's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arthur Ashe #13	6-4 6-2 2-6 1-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1979	SF
John Alexander #22	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 1979	QF
John Sadri #84	6-2 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1979	R16
Phil Dent #87	6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 1, 1979	R32
Jose Luis Clerc #12	6-7 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1978	R64