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Vitas Gerulaitis#4 def. Jose Higueras#10

6-1 3-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1979*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 3-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jose Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Jose Higueras
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Mar 1, 1953
Age	24	26
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,204	2,080
Career W-L	527–231	427–226
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 1 – 0 Jose Higueras

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1979	SF	Bjorn Borg	6-2 6-1 6-0	L	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1979	R16	Eliot Teltscher	6-3 6-4 3-6 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1979	R32	Bruce Manson	6-2 2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1979	R64	Mike Cahill	4-6 7-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1979	R128	Mark Edmondson	6-3 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data