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Bjorn Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 in the Boca Raton final, 1980 on green clay It was Borg’s 4th title in a row at the event and Gerulaitis’ only final. John McEnroe (who had lost to Gerulaitis in the semi) beat Guillermo Vilas in the third place play-off Borg won 98 points...

Jimmy Connors beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2, 6-4 in the Boca Raton semi-final, 1978 on green clay Connors would go onto lose the final to Bjorn Borg and Gerulaitis would go onto lose the third place play-off match to Brian Gottfried Connors won 61 points, Gerulaitis 45 Gerulaitis serve-volleyed...

Mats Wilander beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the French Open quarter-final, 1982 on clay The unseeded Wilander would go onto win the title, beating Guillermo Vilas in the final and become the then youngest ever Slam champion. Gerulaitis was seeded 5th Wilander won 125...

John McEnroe beat Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final, 1979 on hard court It was McEnroe's first Slam title and he would go onto win the next 2 US Opens also. It was Gerulaitis' sole US Open final and he would go onto be runner-up at the next French Open McEnroe won 105...

Bjorn Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1977 on grass Borg was the defending champion and would go onto beat Jimmy Connors in the final to claim the second of his ultimate 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles. Gerulaitis would return to the semis...

Bjorn Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1980 on clay It was Borg's 3rd title in a row at the event and 5th overall. He would go onto add a 4th and 6th respectively the following year. Borg dropped just 38 games in winning the tournament and never more than 4 in...

Ivan Lendl beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-7(5), 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4 in the Masters (Year End Championship/ World Tour Finals) final, 1981 on carpet in New York, USA It was the first of 5 titles for Lendl at the event and the second consecutive final in what would turn out to be a record 9...

John McEnroe beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3, 7-5 in the Forest Hills final, 1983 on green clay McEnroe would defend his title next year beating Ivan Lendl in the final McEnroe won 75 points, Gerulaitis 58 Serve Stats McEnroe... - 1st serve percentage (27/68) 40% - 1st serve points won (19/27) 70%...