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Vitas Gerulaitis #9 def. Billy Martin #75

6-2 8-9 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 1, 1977*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 8-9 6-2 6-2
Loser	Billy Martin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Billy Martin
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Dec 25, 1956
Age	22	20
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	75
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,178	1,782
Career W-L	527–231	146–175
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 4 – 0 Billy Martin

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Dick Stockton	6-1 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Jonathan Smith	6-3 8-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Gene Mayer	6-3 6-1 6-1	W	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
Jul 3, 1977	SF	Bjorn Borg	4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-8	L	H2H	Match data

Billy Martin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Mark Cox	3-6 6-3 6-4 0-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Guillermo Vilas	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Ray Ruffels	3-6 2-6 9-8 6-2 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	David Schneider	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data