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G. Vilas#2 def. D. Stockton#16

6-3 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 11, 1978*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	G. Vilas
Score	6-3 6-3 6-2
Loser	D. Stockton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Vilas	D. Stockton
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Feb 18, 1951
Age	25	27
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,300	2,002
Career W-L	898–282	386–267
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$1,063,385

Pre-match H2H

G. Vilas 2 – 1 D. Stockton

Path

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1978	QF	Hans Gildemeister	6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 7, 1978	R16	A. Ashe	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1978	R32	Y. Noah	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1978	R64	B. Martin	6-2 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R128	O. Parun	6-0 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1978	F	B. Borg	1-6 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

D. Stockton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1978	QF	M. Orantes	7-5 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1978	R16	R. Gehring	7-5 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1978	R32	B. Taroczy	4-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1978	R64	J. Marks	6-1 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R128	R. Drysdale	4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data