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Vitas Gerulaitis #4 def. Bernie Mitton #65

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1979*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Bernie Mitton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bernie Mitton
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Nov 9, 1954
Age	24	24
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	65
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,168	1,702
Career W-L	527–231	206–223
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Bernie Mitton

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1979	R64	Johan Kriek	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Peter Fleming	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bernie Mitton's path

No prior matches in this tournament.