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V. Gerulaitis#38 def. T. Nelson#173

6-2 3-6 6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 1985*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 3-6 6-2 7-6
Loser	T. Nelson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	T. Nelson
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Mar 18, 1961
Age	31	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	173
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,759	1,571
Career W-L	527–231	53–90
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$541,277

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 0 – 0 T. Nelson

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	T. Benhabiles	7-6 3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	Y. Noah	3-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

T. Nelson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	M. Dickson	7-6 4-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data