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Vitas Gerulaitis#19 def. Jimmy Connors#3

7-5 7-6

Match Information

Date Aug 22, 1981*
Tournament Cincinnati
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score7-5 7-6
Loser Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisJimmy Connors
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 26, 1954Sep 2, 1952
Age2728
Height183177
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)193
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9372,177
Career W-L527–2311,262–294
Career earnings$2,778,748$8,641,040
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 4 16 Jimmy Connors

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 20, 1981R32 John Austin 6-3 6-7 6-1WMatch data
Aug 19, 1981R64 Jan Norback 4-6 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 23, 1981QF Stan Smith 6-3 6-2LMatch data

Jimmy Connors's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 20, 1981R32 Russell Simpson 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data
Aug 19, 1981R64 Van Winitsky 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data