Head to head
Rivalry summary
Paul Gerken and Guillermo Vilas met 3 times on the ATP tour between 1972 and 1974. Paul Gerken leads the head-to-head 2–1 against Guillermo Vilas. By surface, Gerken leads 2–0 on clay.
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Clay
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Grass
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Paul Gerken's wins on the left · Guillermo Vilas's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1974 | US Open | Grass | R32 | Guillermo Vilas | 6-4 6-3 3-1 RET |
| 1973 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Paul Gerken | 6-1 7-6 6-1 |
| 1972 | Indianapolis | Clay | R64 | Paul Gerken | 7-5 6-1 |
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.