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Yannick Noah#21 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#9

6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date Jan 31, 1981*
Tournament Philadelphia
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundQF
Winner Yannick Noah
Score6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldYannick NoahVitas Gerulaitis
Country FRA USA
Birth dateMay 18, 1960Jul 26, 1954
Age2026
Height194183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)219
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9212,050
Career W-L456–194527–231
Career earnings$3,440,660$2,778,748
Pre-match H2H
Yannick Noah 0 1 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Yannick Noah's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 30, 1981R16 Francisco Gonzalez 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data
Jan 29, 1981R32 Terry Moor 6-4 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 28, 1981R64 Buster C Mottram 6-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch data

Yannick Noah's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 31, 1981SF Wojtek Fibak 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-2LH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 30, 1981R16 Balazs Taroczy 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 29, 1981R32 Shlomo Glickstein 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data