SF Dallas Wct 1979

Bjorn Borg #1 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #5

7-5 7-6 2-6 6-2

Bjorn Borg defeated Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5 7-6 2-6 6-2 in the 1979 Dallas Wct semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: May 6, 1979*
Tournament: Dallas Wct
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 26, 1954
Age	22	24
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,409	2,159
Current career W-L	617–141	528–234
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #1 8 – 1 Vitas Gerulaitis #5

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Geoff Masters #48	6-3 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1979	QF

Bjorn Borg's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John McEnroe #3	5-7 6-4 2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 7, 1979	F

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brian Gottfried #10	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1979	QF