Guillermo Vilas #6 def. Jose Luis Clerc #13

6-2 3-6 6-2

Guillermo Vilas defeated Jose Luis Clerc 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the 1979 Washington Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 19, 1979*
Tournament: Washington Open
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	Jose Luis Clerc
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Aug 16, 1958
Age	26	20
Height	180 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	13
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,042	1,903
Current career W-L	890–283	355–138
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #6 3 – 0 Jose Luis Clerc #13

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Geoff Masters #49	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1979	QF
Marty Riessen #45	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1979	R16
Brad Drewett #88	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1979	R32
Jay Lapidus	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1979	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Victor Pecci #14	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1979	F

Jose Luis Clerc's path

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