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Vitas Gerulaitis#13 def. Brian Gottfried#6

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

Match Information

Date	May 22, 1977*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 7-6 4-6 7-5
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	22	25
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,113	2,208
Career W-L	527–231	695–322
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Brian Gottfried

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1977	QF	Adriano Panatta	1-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1977	R16	Jan Kodes	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1977	R32	Victor Amaya	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1977	R64	Colin Dibley	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1977	F	Antonio Zugarelli	6-2 7-6 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1977	QF	Kim Warwick	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1977	R16	Nicola Spear	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1977	R32	Tomas Smid	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1977	R64	Gianni Marchetti	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data