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V. Gerulaitis #17 def. A. Cortes #175

7-5 6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 1981*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	7-5 6-0 6-1
Loser	A. Cortes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	A. Cortes
Country	USA	COL
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jul 14, 1955
Age	27	26
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	175
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,956	1,514
Career W-L	527–231	18–34
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 0 – 0 A. Cortes

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	T. Moor	4-6 6-3 6-0 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	H. Solomon	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

A. Cortes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Jimmy Brown	6-3 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-5	W	—	Match data