Head to head
6
Hard
1
2
Clay
1
1
Grass
0
9
Carpet
3
Jimmy Connors'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 (25)
| 1985 | Montreal | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1983 | Wembley | Carpet | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1982 | Toronto | Hard | SF | Vitas Gerulaitis | W/O |
| 1982 | Brussels | Carpet | SF | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6-2 7-5 |
| 1981 | Cincinnati | Hard | R16 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 7-5 7-6 |
| 1980 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6-1 3-6 6-7 6-2 6-4 |
| 1980 | Masters | Carpet | SF | Vitas Gerulaitis | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1979 | Tokyo-2 | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-7 6-2 6-3 |
| 1979 | Memphis | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 3-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1979 | Dorado Beach WCT | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-5 6-0 6-4 |
| 1979 | Dorado Beach WCT | Hard | RR | Jimmy Connors | 6-0 6-4 |
| 1979 | Birmingham WCT | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1978 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | Jimmy Connors | 9-7 6-2 6-1 |
| 1978 | Rotterdam WCT | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1978 | Pepsi Grand Slam | Clay | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1976 | WCT Challenge Cup | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 5-7 7-6 7-6 6-1 |
| 1976 | WCT Challenge Cup | Carpet | RR | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1976 | US Open | Clay | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-3 6-1 |
| 1975 | Bermuda | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1975 | New York | Hard | F | Vitas Gerulaitis | W/O |
| 1975 | Salisbury | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 5-7 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-0 |
| 1974 | Salt Lake City | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 4-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1974 | Little Rock | Hard | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1974 | Roanoke | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | New York-2 | Carpet | R32 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6-4 4-6 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.