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Thierry Tulasne #579 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #5

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 22, 1980*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Thierry Tulasne
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thierry Tulasne	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Jul 12, 1963	Jul 26, 1954
Age	16	25
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	579	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,505	2,172
Career W-L	215–206	527–231
Career earnings	$1,058,412	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Thierry Tulasne 0 – 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Thierry Tulasne's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1980	R64	Sandy Mayer	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thierry Tulasne's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1980	R16	Tomas Smid	6-1 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1980	R64	Mark Edmondson	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data