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Bjorn Borg #3 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #4

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 2, 1978*
Tournament	Milan Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-3 6-3
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	21	23
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,312	2,153
Career W-L	608–143	527–231
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 5 – 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1978	SF	Stan Smith	6-7 6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data
Apr 1, 1978	QF	Adriano Panatta	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1978	R16	Zeljko Franulovic	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1978	R32	Tomas Smid	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1978	SF	Sandy Mayer	6-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1978	QF	Jose Higueras	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1978	R16	Jaime Fillol	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1978	R32	Raymond Moore	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data