Hank Pfister #37 def. Guillermo Vilas #6

7-6 7-5

Hank Pfister defeated Guillermo Vilas 7-6 7-5 in the 1979 Sydney International semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Dec 22, 1979*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Hank Pfister	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Oct 9, 1953	Aug 17, 1952
Age	26	27
Height	193 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	37	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,893	2,075
Current career W-L	260–213	890–283
Current career earnings	—	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Hank Pfister #37 1 – 2 Guillermo Vilas #6

Path

Hank Pfister's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kim Warwick #44	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	QF
Geoff Masters #64	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 21, 1979	R16
John Fitzgerald	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 20, 1979	R32
Steve Docherty	7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1979	R64

Hank Pfister's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Phil Dent #77	4-6 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 23, 1979	F

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brad Drewett #96	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	QF
Russell Simpson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 21, 1979	R16
Glenn Petrovic	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 20, 1979	R32
David Schneider	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1979	R64