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V. Gerulaitis#6 def. T. Smid#78

6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1977*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 7-6
Loser	T. Smid

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	T. Smid
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	May 20, 1956
Age	23	21
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	78
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,171	1,616
Career W-L	527–231	497–318
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$3,695,313

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 0 – 0 T. Smid

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	P. Dominguez	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	J. Yuill	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

T. Smid's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	B. Prajoux	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data