Head to head
1
Hard
1
0
Clay
7
3
Carpet
3
Brian Gottfried's wins on the left · Guillermo Vilas's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (16)
| 1982 | Johannesburg | Hard | QF | Guillermo Vilas | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1980 | Davis Cup AME F: ARG vs USA | Clay | RR | Guillermo Vilas | 7-5 6-4 6-3 |
| 1978 | Masters | Carpet | 3rd/4th | Brian Gottfried | W/O |
| 1977 | Columbus | Clay | F | Guillermo Vilas | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1977 | Washington-2 | Clay | F | Guillermo Vilas | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1977 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Guillermo Vilas | 6-0 6-3 6-0 |
| 1977 | Davis Cup AME F: ARG vs USA | Clay | RR | Guillermo Vilas | 6-4 6-0 6-2 |
| 1977 | Palm Springs | Hard | F | Brian Gottfried | 2-6 6-1 6-3 |
| 1977 | Baltimore | Carpet | F | Brian Gottfried | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1976 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Brian Gottfried | 6-3 2-6 6-4 |
| 1976 | Indianapolis-2 | Clay | QF | Guillermo Vilas | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1976 | Mexico City WCT | Carpet | QF | Guillermo Vilas | 7-6(5) 6-3 |
| 1976 | St. Louis WCT | Carpet | QF | Guillermo Vilas | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1975 | San Francisco | Carpet | R16 | Guillermo Vilas | 4-6 6-1 6-4 |
| 1974 | London-2 | Carpet | SF | Brian Gottfried | 6-7 6-2 6-1 |
| 1974 | Tehran | Clay | QF | Guillermo Vilas | 6-4 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.