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Vitas Gerulaitis #17 def. Alejandro 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	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	7-5 6-0 6-1
Loser	Alejandro Cortes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Alejandro 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

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Alejandro Cortes

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

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

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

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

Alejandro 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