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Raul Ramirez#7 def. Brian Gottfried#5

6-2 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 23, 1978*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Raul Ramirez
Score	6-2 5-7 6-3
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Raul Ramirez	Brian Gottfried
Country	MEX	USA
Birth date	Jun 20, 1953	Jan 27, 1952
Age	25	26
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,047	2,083
Career W-L	531–261	695–322
Career earnings	$2,217,971	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Raul Ramirez 8 – 12 Brian Gottfried

Path

Raul Ramirez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	QF	Belus Prajoux	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	Tom Gullikson	6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R32	David Schneider	6-3 9-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	Andrew Jarrett	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Raul Ramirez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1978	F	Jimmy Connors	6-3 6-1 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	QF	Bernie Mitton	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	Hank Pfister	9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R32	Colin Dibley	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data