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Hank Pfister #37 def. Guillermo Vilas #6

7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Dec 22, 1979*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Hank Pfister
Score	7-6 7-5
Loser	Guillermo Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Hank Pfister	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Oct 9, 1953	Aug 17, 1952
Age	26	27
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	37	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,892	2,070
Career W-L	260–213	898–282
Career earnings	—	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Hank Pfister 1 – 2 Guillermo Vilas

Path

Hank Pfister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 22, 1979	QF	Kim Warwick	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1979	R16	Geoff Masters	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1979	R32	John Fitzgerald	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1979	R64	Steve Docherty	7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Hank Pfister's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1979	F	Phil Dent	4-6 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 22, 1979	QF	Brad Drewett	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1979	R16	Russell Simpson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1979	R32	Glenn Petrovic	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1979	R64	David Schneider	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data