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V. Gerulaitis#5 def. F. Taygan#100

6-2 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 6-3 6-3
Loser	F. Taygan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	F. Taygan
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Dec 5, 1956
Age	25	22
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,081	1,634
Career W-L	527–231	74–121
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$668,104

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 2 – 0 F. Taygan

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	M. Edmondson	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	Stan Smith	7-6 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data

F. Taygan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	T. Leonard	7-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data