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John McEnroe#3 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#5

7-5 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-5 6-3 6-3
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jul 26, 1954
Age	20	25
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,304	2,150
Career W-L	833–189	527–231
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1979	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1979	QF	Eddie Dibbs	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	Tom Gorman	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	John Lloyd	(w/o)	W	—	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	Ilie Nastase	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Pavel Slozil	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1979	SF	Roscoe Tanner	3-6 2-6 7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1979	QF	Johan Kriek	5-7 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	Jose Luis 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	Ferdi Taygan	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Mark Edmondson	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data