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V. Gerulaitis #5 def. R. Tanner #4

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	3-6 2-6 7-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	R. Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	R. Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Oct 15, 1951
Age	25	27
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,123	2,156
Career W-L	527–231	595–298
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 3 – 1 R. Tanner

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1979	QF	J. Kriek	5-7 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	J. Clerc	7-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	Stan Smith	7-6 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	F. Taygan	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	M. Edmondson	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1979	F	John McEnroe	5-7 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1979	QF	B. Borg	6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	N. Saviano	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	Ivan Lendl	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	J. Marks	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data