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Vitas Gerulaitis#5 def. John Newcombe#71

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date Oct 20, 1979*
Tournament Sydney Indoor
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score6-1 6-3
Loser John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisJohn Newcombe
Country USA AUS
Birth dateJul 26, 1954May 23, 1944
Age2535
Height183183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)571
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,1391,833
Career W-L527–231556–224
Career earnings$2,778,748$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 1 0 John Newcombe

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 19, 1979R16 Terry Rocavert 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 18, 1979R32 Mark Edmondson 4-6 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 20, 1979SF Francisco Gonzalez 6-1 7-5WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 19, 1979R16 Vijay Amritraj 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Oct 18, 1979R32 Ross Case 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data