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John Alexander #18 def. Guillermo Vilas #4

4-6 7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 13, 1979*
Tournament	Monte Carlo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	John Alexander
Score	4-6 7-6 7-6
Loser	Guillermo Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Guillermo Vilas
Country	AUS	ARG
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Aug 17, 1952
Age	27	26
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,889	2,109
Career W-L	579–422	898–282
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 0 – 2 Guillermo Vilas

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	Adriano Panatta	7-5 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	QF	Ilie Nastase	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	Balazs Taroczy	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data