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V. Gerulaitis#5 def. L. Sanders#246

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 1977*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	L. Sanders

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	L. Sanders
Country	USA	NED
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	May 9, 1950
Age	23	27
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	246
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,148	1,538
Career W-L	527–231	47–79
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 0 – 0 L. Sanders

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1977	R32	B. Fairlie	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1977	QF	P. Dent	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

L. Sanders's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1977	R32	J. Hrebec	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data