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Bjorn Borg #1 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #5

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

Match Information

Date	May 6, 1979*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-5 7-6 2-6 6-2
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 26, 1954
Age	22	24
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,354	2,146
Career W-L	608–143	527–231
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 8 – 1 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

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

Bjorn Borg's next match

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

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

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