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Guillermo Vilas#6 def. Ramiro Benavides#180

6-1 6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	6-1 6-1 6-0
Loser	Ramiro Benavides

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Ramiro Benavides
Country	ARG	BOL
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jan 30, 1947
Age	27	32
Height	180	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	180
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,087	1,512
Career W-L	898–282	44–108
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$2,159

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 3 – 0 Ramiro Benavides

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Onny Parun	6-1 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	Erik Van Dillen	2-6 7-5 6-7 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data

Ramiro Benavides's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Bob Lutz	1-6 7-6 2-1 (ret.)	W	—	Match data