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Adriano Panatta#12 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#17

7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-1

Match Information

Date Apr 17, 1977*
Tournament Houston Wct
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundF
Winner Adriano Panatta
Score7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-1
Loser Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldAdriano PanattaVitas Gerulaitis
Country ITA USA
Birth dateJul 9, 1950Jul 26, 1954
Age2622
Height183183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)1217
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0162,117
Career W-L379–226527–231
Career earnings$776,187$2,778,748
Pre-match H2H
Adriano Panatta 0 2 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Adriano Panatta's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 16, 1977SF Eddie Dibbs 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
Apr 16, 1977QF Ken Rosewall 1-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Apr 15, 1977R16 Jimmy Connors 6-1 7-5WH2HMatch data

Adriano Panatta's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 16, 1977SF Ilie Nastase 4-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Apr 16, 1977QF Tony Roche 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
Apr 15, 1977R16 Corrado Barazzutti 3-6 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data