R16 Philadelphia 1979

Vitas Gerulaitis #6 def. Johan Kriek #28

4-6 6-2 7-5

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Johan Kriek 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the 1979 Philadelphia round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 26, 1979*
Tournament: Philadelphia
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Johan Kriek
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Apr 5, 1958
Age	24	20
Height	183 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	28
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,180	1,809
Current career W-L	528–234	380–223
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$2,383,794

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis #6 1 – 0 Johan Kriek #28

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Zeljko Franulovic #36	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1979	R32

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Harold Solomon #7	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 1979	QF

Johan Kriek's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vladimir Zednik #70	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1979	R32
John Alexander #23	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1979	R64