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Vitas Gerulaitis#20 def. Frantisek Pala#112

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 1976*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Frantisek Pala

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Frantisek Pala
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Mar 28, 1944
Age	22	32
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	112
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,597
Career W-L	527–231	62–112
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Frantisek Pala

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1976	R64	Jose Castanon	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1976	R16	Jan Kodes	6-2 4-6 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Frantisek Pala's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1976	R64	Frew Mcmillan	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data