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Vitas Gerulaitis #135 def. Billy Martin #141

7-6 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 31, 1974*
Tournament	Tempe
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	7-6 5-7 6-4
Loser	Billy Martin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Billy Martin
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Dec 25, 1956
Age	19	17
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	135	141
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,697	1,623
Career W-L	527–231	146–175
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 1 – 0 Billy Martin

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1974	R32	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1974	QF	Byron Bertram	4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Billy Martin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1974	R32	Paul Kronk	6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data