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Ivan Lendl#25 def. Alejandro Pierola#86

6-7 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 23, 1979*
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-7 7-5 6-4
Loser	Alejandro Pierola

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Alejandro Pierola
Country	USA	CHI
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Nov 20, 1949
Age	19	30
Height	188	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	86
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,871	1,562
Career W-L	1,051–229	17–47
Career earnings	$21,262,417	—

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 0 – 0 Alejandro Pierola

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 22, 1979	R32	Roberto Arguello	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 24, 1979	QF	Jose Higueras	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alejandro Pierola's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 22, 1979	R32	Rod Frawley	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data