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Vitas Gerulaitis#5 def. Jose Luis Clerc#13

7-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date Sep 6, 1979*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score7-6 6-2 6-2
Loser Jose Luis Clerc

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisJose Luis Clerc
Country USA ARG
Birth dateJul 26, 1954Aug 16, 1958
Age2521
Height183185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)513
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0991,928
Career W-L527–231361–141
Career earnings$2,778,748$1,987,036
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 0 0 Jose Luis Clerc

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1979R32 Stan Smith 7-6 7-6 6-3WMatch 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 8, 1979QF Johan Kriek 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data

Jose Luis Clerc's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1979R32 Robert Trogolo 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Mel Purcell 6-2 7-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Bruce Nichols 6-1 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch data