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J. Connors#2 def. G. Vilas#6

6-1 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 6, 1979
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-1 2-6 6-4
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	G. Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Aug 17, 1952
Age	26	26
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,282	2,120
Career W-L	1,262–294	898–282
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 2 – 2 G. Vilas

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	SF	J. Higueras	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	QF	Ivan Lendl	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R16	B. Taroczy	5-7 6-1 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R32	P. Slozil	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	M. Edmondson	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	SF	John McEnroe	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	QF	J. Clerc	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R16	T. Smid	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R32	V. Winitsky	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	M. Purcell	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data