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Vitas Gerulaitis#18 def. Steve Krulevitz#98

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date Sep 5, 1976*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR64
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score6-2 6-2
Loser Steve Krulevitz

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisSteve Krulevitz
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 26, 1954May 30, 1951
Age2225
Height183175
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)1898
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9601,713
Career W-L527–231122–202
Career earnings$2,778,748—
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 1 – 0 Steve Krulevitz

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Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1976R128 Bruce Manson 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 7, 1976R32 Zeljko Franulovic 4-6 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data

Steve Krulevitz's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1976R128 Balazs Taroczy 7-6 7-5WH2HMatch data