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Easy winner: Third-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis had an easy time at the Canadian Open tennis championships yesterday, cruising a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Californian Rick Fisher
Easy winner: Third-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis had an easy time at the Canadian Open tennis championships yesterday, cruising a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Californian Rick Fisher

Easy winner: Third-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis had an easy time at the Canadian Open tennis championships yesterday, cruising a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Californian Rick Fisher

Date8/13/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Easy winner: Third-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis had an easy time at the Canadian Open tennis championships yesterday; cruising a 6-1; 6-2 victory over Californian Rick Fisher.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Object NumberTSPA_0049740F
      McEnroe in action. John McEnroe will face Vitas Gerulaitis in this afternoon's final of the Molson Tennis Challenge at Maple Leaf Gardens after beating Bjorn Borg. Gerulaitis defeated Jimmy Connors
      McEnroe in action. John McEnroe will face Vitas Gerulaitis in this afternoon's final of the Molson Tennis Challenge at Maple Leaf Gardens after beating Bjorn Borg. Gerulaitis defeated Jimmy Connors
      Combs, Erin
      2/7/1981
      So close Toronto's Rick Pinto had top-seeded Laird Dunlop at double match point at Ontario Under-21 tennis championships, but let the match slip away, 2-6. 7-6, 6-1, yesterday
      So close Toronto's Rick Pinto had top-seeded Laird Dunlop at double match point at Ontario Under-21 tennis championships, but let the match slip away, 2-6. 7-6, 6-1, yesterday
      McConnell, Colin
      6/10/1980
      Vitas Gerulaitis. Scores easy win. Soveits no match
      Vitas Gerulaitis. Scores easy win. Soveits no match
      Gerulaitis, Vitas, 1954-1994
      2/11/1976
      Gerulaitis, Vitas
      Gerulaitis, Vitas
      Cooper, David
      2/4/1983
      Mayer: He has a 50-50 record against fellow-New Yorker Vitas Gerulaitis
      Mayer: He has a 50-50 record against fellow-New Yorker Vitas Gerulaitis
      Cooper, David
      8/13/1980
      Vitas Gerulaitis: One of 350 on a blacklist of athletes who compete in South Africa
      Vitas Gerulaitis: One of 350 on a blacklist of athletes who compete in South Africa
      Gerulaitis, Vitas, 1954-1994
      11/12/1981
      Gerulaitis, Vitas
      Gerulaitis, Vitas
      Gerulaitis, Vitas, 1954-1994
      2/11/1983
      Power personified. Australian professional John Newcombe, top-seeded men's singles star in Canadian open tennis championships, whips racquet through a(...)
      Power personified. Australian professional John Newcombe, top-seeded men's singles star in Canadian open tennis championships, whips racquet through a(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      8/6/1969
      Run Ragged in men's singles final of Canadian Open Tennis Championships, a weary Roger Taylor of England rests for a moment against net. He was a 6-0,(...)
      Run Ragged in men's singles final of Canadian Open Tennis Championships, a weary Roger Taylor of England rests for a moment against net. He was a 6-0,(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/15/1970
      Upset-bound. Jaime Fillol of Chile scored the first major upset at the Player's International tennis championships, beating sixth-seeded Harold Solomon in three sets. Stories, other picture
      Upset-bound. Jaime Fillol of Chile scored the first major upset at the Player's International tennis championships, beating sixth-seeded Harold Solomon in three sets. Stories, other picture
      Cooper, David
      8/13/1979
      Taking time out for relaxation at Canadian Open tennis championships at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club yesterday, Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov ((...)
      Taking time out for relaxation at Canadian Open tennis championships at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club yesterday, Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov ((...)
      Connors, Jimmy, 1952-
      8/15/1974
      Taking time out for relaxation at Canadian Open tennis championships at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club yesterday, Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Barryshnikov (...)
      Taking time out for relaxation at Canadian Open tennis championships at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club yesterday, Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Barryshnikov (...)
      Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
      8/15/1974