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G. Vilas def. B. Hewitt

0-6 8-6 8-6 2-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 26, 1972*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	G. Vilas
Score	0-6 8-6 8-6 2-6 6-2
Loser	B. Hewitt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Vilas	B. Hewitt
Country	ARG	RSA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jan 12, 1940
Age	19	32
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,559	1,902
Career W-L	898–282	285–178
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$613,837

Pre-match H2H

G. Vilas 0 – 0 B. Hewitt

Path

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1972	R128	K. Warwick	6-3 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1972	R32	S. Baranyi	3-6 6-2 5-7 8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

B. Hewitt's path

No prior matches in this tournament.