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Vitas Gerulaitis#5 def. Tim Wilkison#49

6-2 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 24, 1979*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Tim Wilkison

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Tim Wilkison
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Nov 23, 1959
Age	24	19
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	49
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,136	1,739
Career W-L	527–231	294–298
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,278,210

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Tim Wilkison

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	Fernando Dalla Fontana	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1979	R16	John Alexander	6-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Wilkison's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1979	R64	Tom Gullikson	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data