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V. Gerulaitis #4 def. J. Kriek #67

6-2 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 6-1 6-2
Loser	J. Kriek

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	J. Kriek
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Apr 5, 1958
Age	24	20
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	67
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,236	1,634
Career W-L	527–231	380–223
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$2,383,794

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 0 – 0 J. Kriek

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Bob Lutz	4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Andrew Pattison	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	V. Amaya	6-2 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	P. Portes	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1978	SF	B. Borg	3-6 2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

J. Kriek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	B. Teacher	7-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	R. Genois	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	R. Fagel	6-2 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	J. Dilouie	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data