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G. Vilas #3 def. H. Pfister #29

6-2 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	G. Vilas
Score	6-2 6-0 6-4
Loser	H. Pfister

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Vilas	H. Pfister
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Oct 9, 1953
Age	26	25
Height	180	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	29
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,210	1,844
Career W-L	898–282	260–213
Career earnings	$4,923,882	—

Pre-match H2H

G. Vilas 1 – 0 H. Pfister

Path

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1979	QF	T. Roche	3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	A. Stone	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1979	R32	B. Drewett	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	T. Rocavert	6-3 6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1979	F	J. Marks	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

H. Pfister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1979	QF	Paul Kronk	7-5 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	W. Fibak	6-3 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1979	R32	S. Docherty	7-5 6-3 4-6 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	Jonathan Smith	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data