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V. Gerulaitis#5 def. John McEnroe#2

2-6 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 11, 1980*
Tournament	Forest Hills Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	2-6 6-2 6-0
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Feb 16, 1959
Age	25	21
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,148	2,266
Career W-L	527–231	833–189
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 2 – 3 John McEnroe

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1980	SF	V. Amritraj	7-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1980	QF	B. Taroczy	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1980	R16	Peter Mcnamara	6-4 7-6	W	—	Match data
May 8, 1980	R32	J. Sadri	4-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1980	SF	R. Ramirez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1980	QF	B. Teacher	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1980	R16	T. Moor	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1980	R32	B. Walts	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data