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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Brian 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	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 7-6 6-1
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Brian 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

Jimmy Connors 9 – 2 Brian Gottfried

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

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

Jimmy 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

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Dick 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	Phil Dent	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data