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H. Pfister#40 def. V. Gerulaitis#5

6-3 6-2 3-6 1-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1980*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	H. Pfister
Score	6-3 6-2 3-6 1-6 7-6
Loser	V. Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	H. Pfister	V. Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 9, 1953	Jul 26, 1954
Age	26	26
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,819	2,150
Career W-L	260–213	527–231
Career earnings	—	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

H. Pfister 0 – 4 V. Gerulaitis

Path

H. Pfister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	T. Cain	7-5 2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

H. Pfister's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	B. Mottram	6-7 6-4 4-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	Vincent Van Patten	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data