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Vitas Gerulaitis #5 def. Guillermo Vilas #6

4-6 6-3 6-1 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 1979*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	4-6 6-3 6-1 7-6
Loser	Guillermo Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Aug 17, 1952
Age	25	27
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,146	2,078
Career W-L	527–231	898–282
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 1 – 2 Guillermo Vilas

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	SF	Francisco Gonzalez	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	QF	John Newcombe	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1979	R16	Terry Rocavert	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Mark Edmondson	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	SF	Kim Warwick	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	QF	Peter Feigl	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1979	R16	Cliff Drysdale	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Cliff Letcher	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data