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Vitas Gerulaitis#5 def. Ferdi Taygan#100

6-2 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score6-2 6-3 6-3
Loser Ferdi Taygan

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisFerdi Taygan
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 26, 1954Dec 5, 1956
Age2522
Height183173
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)5100
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0811,634
Career W-L527–23174–121
Career earnings$2,778,748$668,104
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 2 – 0 Ferdi Taygan

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Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Mark Edmondson 6-3 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1979R32 Stan Smith 7-6 7-6 6-3W—Match data

Ferdi Taygan's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Tom Leonard 7-6 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data