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Vitas Gerulaitis #6 def. Tony Roche #21

6-7 6-1 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 1977*
Tournament	Brisbane
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-7 6-1 6-1 7-5
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Tony Roche
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	May 17, 1945
Age	23	32
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	21
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,130	1,983
Career W-L	527–231	360–191
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 3 – 1 Tony Roche

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1977	SF	Hank Pfister	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1977	QF	Nick Saviano	6-0 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1977	R16	Mike Wayman	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1977	R32	John Whitlinger	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1977	SF	Ken Rosewall	5-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1977	QF	Kim Warwick	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1977	R16	Ross Case	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1977	R32	Syd Ball	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data