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Guillermo Vilas #4 def. Phil Dent #100

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Phil 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

Guillermo Vilas 4 – 1 Phil Dent

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

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

Guillermo Vilas's next match

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

Phil 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