Head to head
Rivalry summary
John McEnroe and Vitas Gerulaitis met 14 times on the ATP tour between 1979 and 1984. John McEnroe leads the head-to-head 11–3 against Vitas Gerulaitis. By surface, McEnroe leads 5–0 on hard; Gerulaitis leads 2–1 on clay; McEnroe leads 5–1 on carpet. They contested 5 finals, including 1 Grand Slam finals, with McEnroe winning 4 of them.
John McEnroe's wins on the left · Vitas Gerulaitis's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (14)
| 1984 | Toronto | Hard | F | John McEnroe | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1984 | WCT Finals | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-1 6-3 |
| 1984 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-7 6-3 6-1 |
| 1983 | Forest Hills WCT | Clay | F | John McEnroe | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1983 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-2 6-2 |
| 1982 | Philadelphia | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-1 6-2 6-4 |
| 1981 | US Open | Hard | SF | John McEnroe | 5-7 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-3 |
| 1980 | Sydney-1 | Hard | F | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-4 7-5 |
| 1980 | Forest Hills WCT | Clay | F | Vitas Gerulaitis | 2-6 6-2 6-0 |
| 1980 | Pepsi Grand Slam | Clay | SF | Vitas Gerulaitis | 7-6 6-3 |
| 1980 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Vitas Gerulaitis | 3-6 7-6 7-6 |
| 1979 | US Open | Hard | F | John McEnroe | 7-5 6-3 6-3 |
| 1979 | Toronto | Hard | SF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1979 | Milan WCT | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-0 6-3 |
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.