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G. Vilas#3 def. B. Drewett#133

6-4 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 1, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	G. Vilas
Score	6-4 6-4 6-3
Loser	B. Drewett

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Vilas	B. Drewett
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jul 19, 1958
Age	26	20
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	133
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,192	1,574
Career W-L	898–282	181–225
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$755,546

Pre-match H2H

G. Vilas 1 – 0 B. Drewett

Path

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	T. Rocavert	6-3 6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	A. Stone	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Drewett's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	R. Ruffels	4-6 6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data