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Guillermo Vilas#6 def. Jose Luis Clerc#13

6-2 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 19, 1979*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	6-2 3-6 6-2
Loser	Jose Luis Clerc

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Jose Luis Clerc
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Aug 16, 1958
Age	26	20
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,038	1,914
Career W-L	898–282	361–141
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 3 – 0 Jose Luis Clerc

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1979	QF	Geoff Masters	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1979	R16	Marty Riessen	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1979	R32	Brad Drewett	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1979	R64	Jay Lapidus	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1979	F	Victor Pecci	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1979	QF	Hans Gildemeister	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 18, 1979	R16	George Hardie	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1979	R32	Warren Maher	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 16, 1979	R64	Sherwood Stewart	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data