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S. Mayer #9 def. V. Gerulaitis #4

6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1978*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	S. Mayer
Score	6-3 7-6
Loser	V. Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	S. Mayer	V. Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 5, 1952	Jul 26, 1954
Age	25	23
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,985	2,160
Career W-L	372–206	527–231
Career earnings	$1,057,783	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

S. Mayer 2 – 2 V. Gerulaitis

Path

S. Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	J. Fillol	7-6 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

S. Mayer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1978	QF	W. Fibak	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	F. McMillan	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data