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G. Vilas #4 def. P. Dent #100

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 24, 1979*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	G. Vilas
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser	P. Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Vilas	P. Dent
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Feb 14, 1950
Age	26	29
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,086	1,710
Career W-L	898–282	418–351
Career earnings	$4,923,882	—

Pre-match H2H

G. Vilas 4 – 1 P. Dent

Path

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	C. Gattiker	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1979	R16	P. Bertolucci	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	John Lloyd	2-6 6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data