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Vitas Gerulaitis#5 def. Stan Smith#22

7-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date Sep 3, 1979*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score7-6 7-6 6-3
Loser Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisStan Smith
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 26, 1954Dec 14, 1946
Age2532
Height183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)522
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0841,940
Career W-L527–231
Career earnings$2,778,748$1,774,811
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 2 0 Stan Smith

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Ferdi Taygan 6-2 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Mark Edmondson 6-3 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 6, 1979R16 Jose Luis Clerc 7-6 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data

Stan Smith's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Russell Simpson 6-2 6-1 6-3WMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Pascal Portes 6-2 6-3 6-4WMatch data