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V. Gerulaitis#7 def. S. Birner#100

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 26, 1980*
Tournament	Geneva
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	S. Birner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	S. Birner
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Oct 11, 1956
Age	26	23
Height	183	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,109	1,624
Career W-L	527–231	63–119
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$298,727

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 3 – 0 S. Birner

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1980	R32	M. Gunthardt	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1980	QF	A. Panatta	6-3 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

S. Birner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1980	R32	Jairo Velasco	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data