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Arthur Ashe #14 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #6

1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 26, 1954
Age	35	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,045	2,175
Career W-L	800–258	527–231
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 5 – 1 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1979	R32	Marty Riessen	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1979	R64	Bernie Mitton	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1979	F	Jimmy Connors	3-6 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	QF	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Johan Kriek	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1979	R32	Zeljko Franulovic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data