Guillermo Vilas #6 def. John Sadri #28

7-6 6-3 6-2

Guillermo Vilas defeated John Sadri 7-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1979 Australian Open final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 7, 1980*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1979
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	John Sadri
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Sep 19, 1956
Age	27	23
Height	180 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	28
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,087	1,872
Current career W-L	890–283	214–189
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	$894,995

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #6 0 – 0 John Sadri #28

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Victor Amaya #29	7-5 3-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 1980	SF
Phil Dent #50	6-2 3-6 7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1980	QF
Peter Mcnamara	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jan 2, 1980	R16
Alvin Gardiner #234	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1979	R32
Chris Lewis #65	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 28, 1979	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Sadri's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Colin Dibley #116	6-4 7-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 1980	SF
Rod Frawley #86	7-6 6-3 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 1980	QF
Kim Warwick #52	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 2, 1980	R16
Raymond Moore #99	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1979	R32
Peter Doohan #480	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 28, 1979	R64