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Arthur Ashe vs Vitas Gerulaitis Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Arthur Ashe seasons:19791978197719761975
Vitas Gerulaitis seasons:19861985198419831982
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Arthur Ashe
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Vitas Gerulaitis
Age: 82y 252d (1943-07-10)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1954-07-26) Age: 71y 236d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
6 - 1
Wins: 85.7% - 14.3%
Hard 1–0Clay 1–0Grass 1–1
Others 5–0Slam 1–1
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis have met 7 times. Arthur Ashe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 6–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe has compiled an overall career record of 798–260 across 1058 matches, translating to a win rate of 75.43%. On hard courts his record stands at 200–64 (75.76%), while on clay he holds a 176–74 (70.40%) mark. On grass the numbers read 137–36 (79.19%) , and on carpet 285–86 (76.82%). Throughout his career he has won 45 titles (9 hard, 6 clay, 7 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–41 (46.05%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 534–232 from 766 matches (69.71% win rate). His hard-court record is 154–56 (73.33%), on clay he stands at 127–57 (69.02%), and on grass he has gone 60–29 (67.42%) , with a carpet record of 193–90 (68.20%). He has accumulated 26 titles in total (9 hard, 7 clay, 2 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 48–75 (39.02%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Arthur Ashe leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Arthur Ashe) across 1 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 1–1 (50.00% each).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1979-01-22Philadelphia WCTCarpetSF13πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (10)6πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis (5)1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-45------0/0
1976-06-21WimbledonGrassR1622πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis3πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (1)4-6 8-9 6-4 6-3 6-45------0/0
1976-01-12Indianapolis WCTCarpetF4πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (1)16πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis (4)6-2 6-7(6) 6-43------0/0
1974-11-04StockholmHardR6410πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe45πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis6-4 7-63------0/0
1974-09-23San FranciscoCarpetQF9πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (3)152πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis6-4 5-7 6-43------0/0
1974-08-28US OpenGrassR6410πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (8)155πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis7-6 7-5 6-25------0/0
1973-07-23Washington-3ClayR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (3)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis6-3 5-7 7-63------0/0

Wins

Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis
6–1Overall
1–1Grand Slam
5–0Others
1–0Hard
1–0Clay
1–1Grass
3–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%4
0.0%0
Bo3
66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo5
100.0%1
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%4
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis

Deciding

80.0%4
20.0%1
Decider Set
100.0%5
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis

Sets

66.7%16
33.3%8
All
62.5%5
37.5%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%2
0.0%0
Hard
62.5%5
37.5%3
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
63.6%7
36.4%4
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis

Games

52.5%136
47.5%123
All
51.7%46
48.3%43
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
56.5%13
43.5%10
Hard
51.7%46
48.3%43
Grass
52.9%18
47.1%16
Clay
52.2%59
47.8%54
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis

Overview

By Surface

Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Tournament Level

Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Round

Arthur Ashe
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Opponent Ranking

Arthur AsheVitas Gerulaitis
28.6%2-5
vs Top 1
0%0-23
34.1%14-27
vs Top 5
26.8%22-60
46.1%35-41
vs Top 10
39%48-75
51.4%76-72
vs Top 20
48.4%108-115
70.1%270-115
vs Top 100
65%371-200
89.6%95-11
vs +100
87.9%145-20
45.8%33-39
vs Higher
39.2%62-96
79.2%332-87
vs Lower
78.5%454-124

Opponent Breakdown

Arthur AsheVitas Gerulaitis
75.5%584-190
Vs Younger
68.1%237-111
71.9%179-70
Vs Older
70.2%285-121
77.9%688-195
Vs Right-Handed
71.3%448-180
60.1%98-65
Vs Left-Handed
61.2%82-52
37.5%9-15
Vs 2H Backhand
13.3%6-39
64.8%68-37
Vs 1H Backhand
61%36-23
66.7%314-157
Vs Shorter
62.7%183-109
78.4%138-38
Vs Taller
70.3%175-74

Pressure Situations