QF US Open 1979

Vitas Gerulaitis #5 def. Johan Kriek #29

5-7 6-3 6-4 6-3

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Johan Kriek 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-3 in the 1979 US Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 1979*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1979
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Johan Kriek
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Apr 5, 1958
Age	25	21
Height	183 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	29
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,122	1,922
Current career W-L	528–234	380–223
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$2,383,794

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis #5 3 – 0 Johan Kriek #29

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jose Luis Clerc #13	7-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1979	R16
Stan Smith	7-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1979	R32
Ferdi Taygan #100	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1979	R64
Mark Edmondson #72	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1979	R128

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roscoe Tanner #4	3-6 2-6 7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1979	SF

Johan Kriek's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yannick Noah #39	6-3 7-6 4-6 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1979	R16
Victor Pecci #10	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1979	R32
Ramesh Krishnan	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1979	R64
Ivan Molina	6-0 6-4 4-6 0-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1979	R128