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Vitas Gerulaitis #4 def. John Lloyd

6-3 7-6 5-7 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 2, 1978*
Tournament	Australian Open (2)
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-3 7-6 5-7 3-6 6-2
Loser	John Lloyd

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Lloyd
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Aug 27, 1954
Age	23	23
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,110	1,836
Career W-L	527–231	—
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$598,092

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 2 – 0 John Lloyd

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1978	SF	John Alexander	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1977	QF	Ray Ruffels	6-7 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1977	R16	Dick Bohrnstedt	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Dec 25, 1977	R32	Brad Drewett	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	John Marks	7-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Lloyd's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1978	SF	Bob Giltinan	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
Dec 30, 1977	QF	John Newcombe	3-6 6-3 7-5 7-5	W	—	Match data
Dec 25, 1977	R32	Jorge Andrew	0-6 6-3 7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	Syd Ball	4-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data