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Bjorn Borg#3 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#4

6-5 5-6 6-4 6-5

Match Information

Date Mar 26, 1978*
Tournament Las Vegas
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundF
Winner Bjorn Borg
Score6-5 5-6 6-4 6-5
Loser Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldBjorn BorgVitas Gerulaitis
Country SWE USA
Birth dateJun 6, 1956Jul 26, 1954
Age2123
Height180183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)34
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,2882,137
Career W-L608–143527–231
Career earnings$3,655,751$2,778,748
Pre-match H2H
Bjorn Borg 4 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 25, 1978SF Cliff Drysdale 6-4 6-5WH2HMatch data
Mar 25, 1978QF Tony Roche 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
Mar 24, 1978R16 Rod Laver 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 25, 1978SF Harold Solomon 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Mar 25, 1978QF Sandy Mayer 6-4 5-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Mar 24, 1978R16 John Alexander 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data