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Vitas Gerulaitis #5 def. Johan Kriek #29

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	5-7 6-3 6-4 6-3
Loser	Johan Kriek

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Johan Kriek
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Apr 5, 1958
Age	25	21
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	29
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,112	1,917
Career W-L	527–231	380–223
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$2,383,794

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 3 – 0 Johan Kriek

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

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

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

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

Johan Kriek's path

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