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Brian Teacher #69 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #5

7-5 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 17, 1977*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Brian Teacher
Score	7-5 7-6 6-3
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Teacher	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 23, 1954	Jul 26, 1954
Age	22	23
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	69	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,773	2,132
Career W-L	338–237	527–231
Career earnings	$1,426,514	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Brian Teacher 0 – 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Brian Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1977	QF	Bill Scanlon	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1977	R16	Chris Lewis	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 15, 1977	R32	John Marks	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	Ross Case	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Teacher's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 18, 1977	F	Roscoe Tanner	3-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1977	QF	Phil Dent	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1977	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-7 6-2 8-6	W	—	Match data
Dec 15, 1977	R32	John Lloyd	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	Mike Cahill	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data