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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#4

6-2 6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 10, 1979*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-2 6-1 6-0
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 26, 1954
Age	23	24
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,315	2,220
Career W-L	608–143	527–231
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 9 – 1 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

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

Bjorn Borg's next match

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

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

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