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Hank Pfister vs Vitas Gerulaitis H2H: 1-5

Vitas Gerulaitis holds a 5–1 lead over Hank Pfister in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Vitas Gerulaitis leads 2–0 on grass, while they are tied 1–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Vitas Gerulaitis won the 1982 Cincinnati Open round of 16 7-5 4-6 7-5.

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Hank Pfister

USA Age 72 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H

1 – 5

6 main-draw meetings

Vitas Gerulaitis

USA Age 72 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Vitas Gerulaitis #5	7-5 4-6 7-5	Hank Pfister #32	Match data	Aug 21, 1982*	R16	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Hank Pfister #40	6-3 6-2 3-6 1-6 7-6	Vitas Gerulaitis #5	Match data	Aug 30, 1980*	R64	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Vitas Gerulaitis #5	6-7 6-3 6-2	Hank Pfister #38	Match data	Nov 2, 1979*	R32	Tokyo Indoor	ATP 250	Carpet
Vitas Gerulaitis #4	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-3	Hank Pfister #39	Match data	Jul 5, 1978*	R16	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Vitas Gerulaitis #6	4-6 6-2 6-1	Hank Pfister #54	Match data	Oct 15, 1977*	SF	Brisbane International	ATP 250	Grass
Vitas Gerulaitis	7-5 6-2	Hank Pfister	Match data	Sep 25, 1975*	R16	Bermuda	ATP 250	Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Hank Pfister	#982	#19	0	1,929	260	213	55.0%	0	0	0	0	2	2
Vitas Gerulaitis	#796	#3	0	2,232	528	234	69.3%	1	0	0	2	23	26

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Hank Pfister							Vitas Gerulaitis
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1971	0–1	0.0%	—	1,470	0	0
17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1972	4–5	44.4%	—	1,517	0	0
18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1973	7–11	38.9%	#131	1,554	0	0
19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	33–19	63.5%	#45	1,806	0	1
20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	39–14	73.6%	#15	1,938	0	3
21	1975	0–4	0.0%	#252	1,459	0	0	1976	33–21	61.1%	#18	1,956	0	3
22	1976	8–12	40.0%	#101	1,546	0	0	1977	60–16	78.9%	#5	2,123	1	8
23	1977	37–27	57.8%	#40	1,742	0	0	1978	47–15	75.8%	#5	2,172	1	11
24	1978	43–26	62.3%	#29	1,841	0	0	1979	71–22	76.3%	#4	2,179	1	15
25	1979	33–27	55.0%	#30	1,842	0	0	1980	51–18	73.9%	#9	2,021	1	18
26	1980	21–25	45.7%	#62	1,729	0	0	1981	44–19	69.8%	#11	2,062	1	19
27	1981	37–21	63.8%	#39	1,870	0	1	1982	61–15	80.3%	#5	2,053	1	24
28	1982	35–21	62.5%	#24	1,832	0	2	1983	32–20	61.5%	#20	1,852	1	25
29	1983	19–17	52.8%	#41	1,750	0	2	1984	34–21	61.8%	#17	1,845	1	26
30	1984	15–18	45.5%	#86	1,723	0	2	1985	12–15	44.4%	#81	1,709	1	26
31	1985	12–10	54.5%	#68	1,764	0	2	1986	0–2	0.0%	#799	1,671	1	26
33	1987	0–4	0.0%	#595	1,678	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	1988	0–1	0.0%	#980	1,655	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Hank Pfister																	Vitas Gerulaitis
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1971	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—
17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1972	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1973	0	3	3	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	8	3	11	72.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	20	10	30	66.7%
20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	6	3	9	66.7%	10	4	14	71.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	23	6	29	79.3%
21	1975	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1976	2	3	5	40.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	4	1	5	80.0%	16	11	27	59.3%
22	1976	4	5	9	44.4%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	1977	19	4	23	82.6%	11	3	14	78.6%	20	2	22	90.9%	10	7	17	58.8%
23	1977	9	6	15	60.0%	10	8	18	55.6%	16	8	24	66.7%	2	5	7	28.6%	1978	5	1	6	83.3%	8	3	11	72.7%	5	1	6	83.3%	29	10	39	74.4%
24	1978	10	6	16	62.5%	6	6	12	50.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	14	8	22	63.6%	1979	24	5	29	82.8%	25	6	31	80.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	22	9	31	71.0%
25	1979	6	9	15	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	6	18	66.7%	15	11	26	57.7%	1980	10	4	14	71.4%	25	6	31	80.6%	9	4	13	69.2%	7	4	11	63.6%
26	1980	6	7	13	46.2%	4	4	8	50.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	1981	18	5	23	78.3%	7	6	13	53.8%	3	1	4	75.0%	16	7	23	69.6%
27	1981	22	9	31	71.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	1982	19	4	23	82.6%	16	4	20	80.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	22	6	28	78.6%
28	1982	10	9	19	52.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	20	7	27	74.1%	3	4	7	42.9%	1983	16	6	22	72.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	10	6	16	62.5%
29	1983	9	6	15	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	1984	11	6	17	64.7%	8	4	12	66.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	12	9	21	57.1%
30	1984	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	1985	8	5	13	61.5%	0	5	5	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	4	6	33.3%
31	1985	11	6	17	64.7%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1986	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
33	1987	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	1988	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	95	74	169	56.2%	22	30	52	42.3%	96	53	149	64.4%	47	56	103	45.6%	—	146	54	200	73.0%	135	57	192	70.3%	57	28	85	67.1%	190	95	285	66.7%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Hank Pfister																Vitas Gerulaitis
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1971	1471	99.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	0.00	0–1	—	—	+0.32
17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1972	1518	117.0	—	—	—	—	+33	—	+37	48.0%	+0.56	1–3 (25%)	0–2	—	+0.60
18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1973	1554	118.1	—	—	—	—	-44	+107	-37	40.0%	-0.47	3–2 (60%)	1–5 (17%)	100.1	+0.35
19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	1807	139.9	—	—	—	—	+70	-123	-293	59.2%	+0.61	11–8 (58%)	12–10 (55%)	107.3	+3.68
20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	1938	156.0	—	—	—	—	+77	-133	—	67.4%	+1.26	9–6 (60%)	8–5 (62%)	107.0	-1.31
21	1975	1459	98.5	—	—	—	—	—	+48	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–2	1–0	—	+0.30	1976	1956	159.4	—	—	—	—	+1	-93	-281	60.9%	+0.82	7–10 (41%)	7–6 (54%)	96.0	-1.40
22	1976	1547	123.5	—	—	—	—	+11	-71	+47	45.7%	-0.20	3–5 (38%)	2–6 (25%)	98.4	+1.09	1977	2123	166.2	—	—	—	—	-26	-161	-99	70.0%	+1.55	20–11 (65%)	15–15 (50%)	106.1	-3.38
23	1977	1743	140.1	—	—	—	—	-58	-137	+17	54.4%	+0.11	14–9 (61%)	8–9 (47%)	107.2	+0.19	1978	2172	174.3	—	—	—	—	+4	-120	-105	70.2%	+1.52	10–4 (71%)	7–9 (44%)	101.9	-6.07
24	1978	1841	145.9	—	—	—	—	0	-227	+11	61.6%	+0.92	12–10 (55%)	11–10 (52%)	105.0	+2.99	1979	2179	173.1	—	—	—	—	+110	-68	—	69.5%	+1.47	15–8 (65%)	15–16 (48%)	97.2	-6.08
25	1979	1842	151.6	—	—	—	—	+8	—	+56	53.5%	+0.39	10–11 (48%)	8–9 (47%)	98.7	-3.48	1980	2022	162.7	—	—	—	—	+123	+120	-86	67.8%	+1.36	13–8 (62%)	9–6 (60%)	99.5	-5.46
26	1980	1730	143.8	—	—	—	—	-6	-128	+175	46.7%	-0.19	7–6 (54%)	8–10 (44%)	100.0	-3.62	1981	2062	165.2	—	—	—	—	+73	-35	-98	65.4%	+1.35	11–10 (52%)	8–12 (40%)	94.0	-2.99
27	1981	1870	147.1	—	—	—	—	-15	-300	+93	61.2%	+0.53	9–6 (60%)	14–6 (70%)	106.1	-1.71	1982	2054	159.0	—	—	—	—	+31	-11	-69	71.5%	+1.63	17–5 (77%)	12–9 (57%)	102.7	-0.25
28	1982	1833	143.2	—	—	—	—	-50	-232	+127	59.2%	+0.47	9–6 (60%)	14–7 (67%)	103.1	-3.17	1983	1852	143.3	—	—	—	—	+149	+90	+32	56.1%	+0.14	9–7 (56%)	17–3 (85%)	100.8	-1.03
29	1983	1751	142.3	—	—	—	—	+74	—	+118	50.5%	-0.02	8–9 (47%)	6–6 (50%)	94.9	-3.26	1984	1846	145.8	—	—	—	—	+74	+56	0	55.3%	+0.18	15–5 (75%)	14–10 (58%)	103.8	+0.22
30	1984	1724	131.5	—	—	—	—	+56	—	+53	45.8%	-0.40	6–5 (55%)	3–2 (60%)	101.1	-0.93	1985	1710	124.5	—	—	—	—	+85	+41	+155	44.9%	-0.44	5–4 (56%)	7–5 (58%)	100.2	+1.07
31	1985	1765	136.6	—	—	—	—	+34	—	-33	53.6%	+0.43	4–4 (50%)	5–6 (45%)	97.1	-1.13	1986	1671	99.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.60	0–1	0–1	—	+0.26
33	1987	1679	104.0	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	10.0%	-2.10	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	1988	1656	102.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	1930	148.0	—	—	—	—	+4	-158	+75	53.9%	+0.24	82–74 (53%)	81–73 (53%)	103.1	-2.69	—	2232	164.2	—	—	—	—	+61	-24	-77	63.9%	+1.04	146–93 (61%)	132–114 (54%)	102.0	-2.86

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Hank Pfister's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jimmy Connors	1	9	10	Aug 31, 1985	H2H
Tom Gullikson	5	4	9	Oct 11, 1984	—
Tim Gullikson	5	4	9	Jul 8, 1983	—
Stan Smith	5	3	8	Apr 14, 1983	H2H
Roscoe Tanner	5	3	8	Feb 19, 1982	H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jimmy Connors	7	18	25	Aug 17, 1985	H2H
Bjorn Borg	1	16	17	Jul 1, 1981	H2H
John McEnroe	3	11	14	Aug 20, 1984	H2H
Wojtek Fibak	9	4	13	Nov 11, 1983	H2H
Johan Kriek	7	4	11	Mar 9, 1984	H2H