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Vitas Gerulaitis #5 def. Deon Joubert #57

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 1979*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	Deon Joubert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Deon Joubert
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jun 10, 1953
Age	24	25
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	57
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,156	1,547
Career W-L	527–231	39–76
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Deon Joubert

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	Tim Vann	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1979	QF	Ilie Nastase	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Deon Joubert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	Mike Cahill	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data