Head to head
Rivalry summary
Vitas Gerulaitis and Bjorn Borg met 17 times on the ATP tour between 1974 and 1981. Bjorn Borg leads the head-to-head 17–0 against Vitas Gerulaitis. By surface, Borg leads 2–0 on hard; Borg leads 6–0 on clay; Borg leads 2–0 on grass; Borg leads 7–0 on carpet. They contested 7 finals, including 1 Grand Slam finals, with Gerulaitis winning 0 of them.
Vitas Gerulaitis's wins on the left · Bjorn Borg's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (18)
| 1981 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | Bjorn Borg | 7-6 7-5 7-6 |
| 1980 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 6-1 6-2 |
| 1980 | Las Vegas | Hard | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 1980 | Monte-Carlo WCT | Clay | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1980 | Pepsi Grand Slam | Clay | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-1 5-7 6-1 |
| 1980 | Masters | Carpet | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1979 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-2 6-1 6-0 |
| 1979 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | Bjorn Borg | 7-5 7-6 2-6 6-2 |
| 1979 | Monte-Carlo WCT | Clay | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-2 6-1 6-3 |
| 1978 | Davis Cup WG SF: SWE vs USA | Carpet | RR | Bjorn Borg | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1978 | US Open | Hard | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-3 6-2 7-6 |
| 1978 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | Vitas Gerulaitis | W/O |
| 1978 | Milan WCT | Carpet | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1978 | Las Vegas WCT | Carpet | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-5 5-6 6-4 6-5 RET |
| 1978 | Birmingham WCT | Carpet | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1977 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 3-6 6-3 3-6 8-6 |
| 1976 | Toronto WCT | Carpet | F | Bjorn Borg | 2-6 6-3 6-1 |
| 1974 | Tehran | Clay | R16 | Bjorn Borg | 3-6 6-2 6-2 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.