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Vitas Gerulaitis#11 def. Antonio Zugarelli#25

6-2 7-6 3-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	May 23, 1977*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-2 7-6 3-6 7-6
Loser	Antonio Zugarelli

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Antonio Zugarelli
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jan 17, 1950
Age	22	27
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	25
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,143	1,770
Career W-L	527–231	112–151
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,809

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Antonio Zugarelli

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1977	SF	Brian Gottfried	6-2 7-6 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1977	QF	Adriano Panatta	1-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1977	R16	Jan Kodes	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1977	R32	Victor Amaya	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1977	R64	Colin Dibley	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Antonio Zugarelli's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1977	SF	Phil Dent	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1977	QF	Victor Pecci	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1977	R16	Zeljko Franulovic	6-1 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1977	R32	Steve Krulevitz	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1977	R64	Roberto Lombardi	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data