R16 Argentina Open 1968

Herb Fitzgibbon def. Guillermo Vilas

6-1 8-10 7-5 6-0

Herb Fitzgibbon defeated Guillermo Vilas 6-1 8-10 7-5 6-0 in the 1968 Argentina Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 15, 1968*
Tournament: Argentina Open
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Herb Fitzgibbon	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 14, 1942	Aug 17, 1952
Age	26	16
Height	—	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,669	1,520
Current career W-L	46–38	890–283
Current career earnings	—	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Herb Fitzgibbon 0 – 0 Guillermo Vilas

Path

Herb Fitzgibbon's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Oscar Escribano	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data	Nov 14, 1968	R32

Herb Fitzgibbon's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rod Laver	1-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 16, 1968	QF

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Fernandes	6-0 2-6 6-3 4-6 7-5	W	—	Match data	Nov 14, 1968	R32