F Italian Open 1977

Vitas Gerulaitis #11 def. Antonio Zugarelli #25

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

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Antonio Zugarelli 6-2 7-6 3-6 7-6 in the 1977 Italian Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 23, 1977*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Antonio Zugarelli
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jan 17, 1950
Age	22	27
Height	183 cm	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	11	25
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,147	1,774
Current career W-L	528–234	112–149
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,809

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis #11 0 – 0 Antonio Zugarelli #25

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brian Gottfried #6	6-2 7-6 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 22, 1977	SF
Adriano Panatta #11	1-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 22, 1977	QF
Jan Kodes #23	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 21, 1977	R16
Victor Amaya #83	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 1977	R32
Colin Dibley #48	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1977	R64

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Antonio Zugarelli's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Phil Dent #37	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 22, 1977	SF
Victor Pecci #38	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	May 22, 1977	QF
Zeljko Franulovic #33	6-1 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 21, 1977	R16
Steve Krulevitz #94	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 1977	R32
Roberto Lombardi	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1977	R64