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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#4

6-3 6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-3 6-2 7-6
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 26, 1954
Age	22	24
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,404	2,238
Career W-L	608–143	527–231
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 6 – 1 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1978	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-7 6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Bernie Mitton	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Bob Hewitt	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1978	F	Jimmy Connors	6-4 6-2 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1978	QF	Johan Kriek	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Bob Lutz	4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Andrew Pattison	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Victor Amaya	6-2 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Pascal Portes	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data