Guillermo Vilas #6 def. John McEnroe #3

6-4 7-5

Guillermo Vilas defeated John McEnroe 6-4 7-5 in the 1979 Indianapolis semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 11, 1979*
Tournament: Indianapolis
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	John McEnroe
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Feb 16, 1959
Age	26	20
Height	180 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,099	2,275
Current career W-L	890–283	835–191
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #6 2 – 0 John McEnroe #3

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jose Luis Clerc #12	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1979	QF
Tomas Smid #33	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1979	R16
Van Winitsky	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1979	R32
Mel Purcell	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 8, 1979	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors #2	1-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1979	F

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Manuel Orantes #19	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1979	QF
Ricardo Ycaza	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1979	R16
Ramesh Krishnan	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1979	R32
Mike Cahill	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 8, 1979	R64