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Vitas Gerulaitis#15 def. Cliff Drysdale#36

7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1976*
Tournament	Indianapolis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Cliff Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	May 26, 1941
Age	21	34
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	36
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,964	1,865
Career W-L	527–231	402–253
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1976	R16	Frew Mcmillan	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1976	SF	Stan Smith	7-6(4) 2-6 6-4	W	—	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1976	R16	Tom Gorman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data