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John McEnroe#18 def. Tom Gullikson

6-4 3-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6
Loser	Tom Gullikson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Tom Gullikson
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 8, 1951
Age	18	26
Height	180	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,864	1,639
Career W-L	833–189	—
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$889,492

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 Tom Gullikson

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	Butch Walts	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	Manuel Orantes	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Gullikson's path

No prior matches in this tournament.