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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#4

9-7 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1978*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	9-7 6-2 6-1
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 26, 1954
Age	25	23
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,331	2,217
Career W-L	1,262–294	527–231
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 10 – 2 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1978	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	John Alexander	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Tom Gorman	6-4 8-6 8-9 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Kim Warwick	6-3 7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Russell Simpson	7-5 9-8 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1978	F	Bjorn Borg	6-2 6-2 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1978	QF	Brian Gottfried	7-5 4-6 9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Hank Pfister	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Sherwood Stewart	9-8 6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Jay Royappa	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data