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Vitas Gerulaitis#4 def. Brian Gottfried#5

7-5 4-6 9-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1978*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	7-5 4-6 9-7 6-2
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Brian Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jan 27, 1952
Age	23	26
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,200	2,100
Career W-L	527–231	695–322
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 1 – 0 Brian Gottfried

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Hank Pfister	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Sherwood Stewart	9-8 6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Jay Royappa	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1978	SF	Jimmy Connors	9-7 6-2 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Allan Stone	6-8 9-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Brian Teacher	6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	John Lloyd	6-1 6-8 8-6 6-4	W	—	Match data