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Russell Simpson vs Vitas Gerulaitis Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Russell Simpson seasons:19871986198519841983
Vitas Gerulaitis seasons:19861985198419831982
πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ Russell Simpson
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Vitas Gerulaitis
Age: 72y 25d (1954-02-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1954-07-26) Age: 71y 236d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
1 - 1
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 0–1Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 1–1
WL
LW

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πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏRussell Simpson and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis have met 2 times. The series is tied 1–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏRussell Simpson has compiled an overall career record of 147–207 across 354 matches, translating to a win rate of 41.53%. On hard courts his record stands at 60–73 (45.11%), while on clay he holds a 15–38 (28.30%) mark. On grass the numbers read 58–61 (48.74%) , and on carpet 13–35 (27.08%). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 3–18 (14.29%).

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 Vitas Gerulaitis leading 1–0 (100.00%).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1983-08-08MontrealHardR3212πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis (7)85πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏRussell Simpson6-1 6-23------0/0
1983-03-21MilanCarpetR3252πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏRussell Simpson7πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis (4)6-7 6-4 6-33------0/0

Wins

Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis
1–1Overall
1–1Others
0–1Hard
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%1
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis

Sets

40.0%2
60.0%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%2
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
66.7%2
33.3%1
Carpet
Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis

Games

44.7%21
55.3%26
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
20.0%3
80.0%12
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
56.3%18
43.8%14
Carpet
Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis

Overview

By Surface

Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Tournament Level

Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Round

Russell Simpson
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Opponent Ranking

Russell SimpsonVitas Gerulaitis
0%0-3
vs Top 1
0%0-23
0%0-8
vs Top 5
26.8%22-60
14.3%3-18
vs Top 10
39%48-75
17.8%8-37
vs Top 20
48.4%108-115
30.7%61-138
vs Top 100
65%371-200
52.9%72-64
vs +100
87.9%145-20
30.6%64-145
vs Higher
39.2%62-96
54.6%65-54
vs Lower
78.5%454-124

Opponent Breakdown

Russell SimpsonVitas Gerulaitis
44.9%97-119
Vs Younger
68.1%237-111
29%36-88
Vs Older
70.2%285-121
43%131-174
Vs Right-Handed
71.3%448-180
29.8%14-33
Vs Left-Handed
61.2%82-52
12.5%1-7
Vs 2H Backhand
13.3%6-39
41.2%7-10
Vs 1H Backhand
61%36-23
38.5%69-110
Vs Shorter
62.7%183-109
34.4%22-42
Vs Taller
70.3%175-74

Pressure Situations