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B. Gottfried #12 def. M. Riessen #36

6-3 5-7 7-5 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-3 5-7 7-5 5-7 6-4
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	M. Riessen
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Dec 4, 1941
Age	27	37
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	36
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,955	1,824
Career W-L	695–322	533–316
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$465

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 4 – 1 M. Riessen

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	V. Winitsky	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	V. Amaya	6-7 4-6 7-5 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	A. Gardiner	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data