QF Houston Wct 1977

Vitas Gerulaitis #17 def. Tony Roche #18

7-5 6-4

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Tony Roche 7-5 6-4 in the 1977 Houston Wct quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 16, 1977*
Tournament: Houston Wct
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Tony Roche
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	May 17, 1945
Age	22	31
Height	183 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	18
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,092	1,971
Current career W-L	528–234	360–191
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis #17 2 – 1 Tony Roche #18

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Corrado Barazzutti #22	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 15, 1977	R16

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ilie Nastase #4	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1977	SF

Tony Roche's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Alexander #28	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 15, 1977	R16