SF Roland Garros 1979

Bjorn Borg #2 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #4

6-2 6-1 6-0

Bjorn Borg defeated Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2 6-1 6-0 in the 1979 Roland Garros semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 10, 1979*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1979
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 26, 1954
Age	23	24
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,363	2,232
Current career W-L	617–141	528–234
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #2 9 – 1 Vitas Gerulaitis #4

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hans Gildemeister	6-4 6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data	Jun 8, 1979	QF
Gilles Moretton	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1979	R16
Raymond Moore #94	6-3 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 3, 1979	R32
Tom Gullikson	6-3 7-6 5-7 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jun 1, 1979	R64
Tomas Smid #43	6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 1979	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Victor Pecci #16	6-3 6-1 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1979	F

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jose Higueras #10	6-1 3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 8, 1979	QF
Ivan Lendl #47	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1979	R16
Sandy Mayer #24	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 3, 1979	R32
Brad Rowe	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 1, 1979	R64
Butch Walts #42	2-6 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 1979	R128