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V. Gerulaitis#4 def. G. Vilas#5

6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 28, 1979*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	G. Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Aug 17, 1952
Age	24	26
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,164	2,117
Career W-L	527–231	898–282
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 0 – 2 G. Vilas

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1979	SF	E. Dibbs	0-6 6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1979	QF	G. Ocleppo	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1979	R16	J. Alexander	6-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1979	R32	T. Wilkison	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	Fernando Dalla Fontana	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1979	SF	G. Mayer	6-3 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1979	QF	A. Panatta	6-1 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1979	R16	P. Bertolucci	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1979	R32	P. Dent	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	C. Gattiker	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data