Jimmy Connors vs Vitas Gerulaitis Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jimmy Connors and Vitas Gerulaitis have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 23 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 18–5.

Looking at their individual career profiles, Jimmy Connors has compiled an overall career record of 1274–283 across 1557 matches, translating to a win rate of 81.82%. On hard courts his record stands at 490–100 (83.05%), while on clay he holds a 208–63 (76.75%) mark. On grass the numbers read 185–38 (82.96%) , and on carpet 391–82 (82.66%). Throughout his career he has won 109 titles (43 hard, 12 clay, 9 grass, 45 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 134–111 (54.69%).

Vitas 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 7 times, with Jimmy Connors leading 6–1 (85.71%). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Jimmy Connors) across 3 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors).