R16 Philadelphia 1979

Arthur Ashe #14 def. Guillermo Vilas #3

6-3 7-5

Arthur Ashe defeated Guillermo Vilas 6-3 7-5 in the 1979 Philadelphia round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 26, 1979*
Tournament: Philadelphia
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Aug 17, 1952
Age	35	26
Height	185 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,995	2,219
Current career W-L	792–256	890–283
Current career earnings	$1,584,909	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe #14 3 – 4 Guillermo Vilas #3

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marty Riessen #54	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1979	R32
Bernie Mitton #62	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1979	R64

Arthur Ashe's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brian Gottfried #8	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 1979	QF

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Buster C Mottram #27	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1979	R32