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B. Gottfried #10 def. R. Laver #77

4-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 1977*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	R. Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	R. Laver
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Aug 9, 1938
Age	25	38
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	77
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,116	2,005
Career W-L	695–322	576–147
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 0 – 4 R. Laver

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1977	R64	B. Bertram	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1977	R16	Bob Lutz	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1977	R64	H. Rahim	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data