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J. Connors#1 def. B. Gottfried#6

6-2 7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-2 7-6 6-1
Loser	B. Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	B. Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jan 27, 1952
Age	26	26
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,366	2,046
Career W-L	1,262–294	695–322
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 9 – 2 B. Gottfried

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	A. Panatta	4-6 6-4 6-1 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	P. Dupre	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	S. Docherty	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Tom Gullikson	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1978	SF	John McEnroe	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	R. Tanner	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	D. Stockton	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Erik Van Dillen	6-1 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	P. Dent	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data