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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#4

3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 1979*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 26, 1954
Age	26	24
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,372	2,185
Career W-L	1,262–294	527–231
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 14 – 2 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	QF	Sandy Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	Tomas Smid	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 1979	F	Arthur Ashe	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	QF	Victor Amaya	7-6 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Peter Fleming	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	Bernie Mitton	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1979	R64	Johan Kriek	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data