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V. Gerulaitis #47 def. P. Gerken #69

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1975*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	P. Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	P. Gerken
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Mar 15, 1950
Age	20	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	47	69
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,848	1,740
Career W-L	527–231	124–129
Career earnings	$2,778,748	—

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 0 – 0 P. Gerken

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1975	R16	R. Ramirez	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1975	R32	T. Okker	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1975	R64	O. Bengtson	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1975	SF	J. Alexander	6-4 7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

P. Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1975	R16	S. Mayer	7-6(3) 6-7(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1975	R32	V. Amritraj	1-6 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1975	R64	Sherwood Stewart	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 21, 1975	R128	B. Hewitt	1-6 7-5 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data