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Vitas Gerulaitis#8 def. Diego Perez#93

4-6 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 20, 1982*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	4-6 6-2 7-5
Loser	Diego Perez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Diego Perez
Country	USA	URU
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Feb 9, 1962
Age	27	20
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	93
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,055	1,644
Career W-L	527–231	195–213
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,042,224

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Diego Perez

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1982	R64	Erick Iskersky	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1982	R16	Jose Higueras	5-7 6-2 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Diego Perez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1982	R64	Juan Avendano	6-7 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data