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Vitas Gerulaitis#5 def. Jimmy 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	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 3-6 6-7 6-2 6-4
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Jimmy 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

Vitas Gerulaitis 3 – 16 Jimmy Connors

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1980	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-3 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1980	R16	Ferdi Taygan	6-3 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1980	R32	Stanislav Birner	6-1 4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1980	R64	Fritz Buehning	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1980	R128	Peter Elter	1-6 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

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

Jimmy 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	Yannick Noah	7-5 6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1980	R32	Antonio Zugarelli	7-5 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1980	R64	Jean Francois Caujolle	3-6 2-6 7-5 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1980	R128	Adriano Panatta	6-4 4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data