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V. Gerulaitis#5 def. J. Connors#3

6-1 3-6 6-7 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1980*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 3-6 6-7 6-2 6-4
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	27
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,168	2,281
Career W-L	527–231	1,262–294
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 3 – 16 J. Connors

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1980	QF	W. Fibak	6-3 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1980	R16	F. Taygan	6-3 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1980	R32	S. Birner	6-1 4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1980	R64	F. Buehning	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1980	R128	P. Elter	1-6 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1980	F	B. Borg	4-6 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1980	QF	Hans Gildemeister	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jun 4, 1980	R16	Y. Noah	7-5 6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1980	R32	A. Zugarelli	7-5 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1980	R64	J. Caujolle	3-6 2-6 7-5 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1980	R128	A. Panatta	6-4 4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data