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V. Gerulaitis#4 def. B. Taroczy#31

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 3, 1978*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	B. Taroczy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	B. Taroczy
Country	USA	HUN
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	May 9, 1954
Age	23	23
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	31
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,125	1,869
Career W-L	527–231	381–228
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,437,443

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 1 – 1 B. Taroczy

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	S. Mayer	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1978	QF	K. Rosewall	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

B. Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	C. Drysdale	5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data