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G. Vilas #6 def. John McEnroe #3

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 6, 1979
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	G. Vilas
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Vilas	John McEnroe
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Feb 16, 1959
Age	26	20
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,097	2,267
Career W-L	898–282	833–189
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

G. Vilas 2 – 0 John McEnroe

Path

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	QF	J. Clerc	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R16	T. Smid	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R32	V. Winitsky	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	M. Purcell	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	F	J. Connors	1-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	QF	M. Orantes	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R16	R. Ycaza	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R32	Ramesh Krishnan	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	M. Cahill	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data