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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#47

5-7 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1975*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	5-7 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-0
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 26, 1954
Age	22	20
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	47
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,262	1,948
Career W-L	1,262–294	527–231
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 3 – 1 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1975	SF	Sandy Mayer	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1975	QF	Teimuraz Kakulia	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Feb 14, 1975	R16	Thomaz Koch	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1975	R32	Jiri Granat	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors'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
Feb 15, 1975	SF	Ilie Nastase	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1975	QF	Roger Taylor	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1975	R16	Jan Pisecky	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1975	R32	Manuel Santana	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1975	R64	Ferdi Taygan	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data