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Vitas Gerulaitis#5 def. Terry Rocavert#116

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1979*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Terry Rocavert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Terry Rocavert
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Oct 21, 1955
Age	25	23
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	116
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,138	1,581
Career W-L	527–231	37–61
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Terry Rocavert

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Mark Edmondson	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	QF	John Newcombe	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Terry Rocavert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Alvin Gardiner	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data