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Vitas Gerulaitis#9 def. Gene Mayer#78

6-3 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 24, 1977*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-3 6-1 6-1
Loser	Gene Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Gene Mayer
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Apr 11, 1956
Age	22	21
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	78
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,155	1,648
Career W-L	527–231	311–159
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 1 – 0 Gene Mayer

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Tom Gorman	6-1 9-8 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Jonathan Smith	6-3 8-6 6-4	W	—	Match data

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	John Holladay	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data