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V. Gerulaitis#17 def. B. Manson#74

6-4 6-2 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1981*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-1
Loser	B. Manson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	B. Manson
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Mar 20, 1956
Age	27	25
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	74
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,014	1,837
Career W-L	527–231	129–171
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$492,338

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 2 – 0 B. Manson

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Ivan Lendl	6-3 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	H. Solomon	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	A. Cortes	7-5 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	T. Moor	4-6 6-3 6-0 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1981	SF	John McEnroe	7-5 3-6 2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

B. Manson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	J. Clerc	6-3 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	Peter Mcnamara	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	R. Meyer	6-0 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	D. Saltz	6-0 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data