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Vitas Gerulaitis#4 def. Ivan Lendl#47

6-2 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date Jun 6, 1979*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR16
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score6-2 6-1 6-3
Loser Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisIvan Lendl
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 26, 1954Mar 7, 1960
Age2419
Height183188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)447
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,2011,726
Career W-L527–2311,051–229
Career earnings$2,778,748$21,262,417
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 0 0 Ivan Lendl

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 3, 1979R32 Sandy Mayer 6-1 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 1, 1979R64 Brad Rowe 6-4 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 30, 1979R128 Butch Walts 2-6 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 8, 1979QF Jose Higueras 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data

Ivan Lendl's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 3, 1979R32 Arthur Ashe 5-7 7-6 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jun 1, 1979R64 Patrice Dominguez 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 30, 1979R128 Jaime Fillol 7-6 6-3 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch data