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B. Gottfried#31 def. P. Gerken#52

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 1974*
Tournament	Chicago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	P. Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	P. Gerken
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Mar 15, 1950
Age	22	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	31	52
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,686
Career W-L	695–322	124–129
Career earnings	$2,782,514	—

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 1 – 0 P. Gerken

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1974	R32	T. Edlefsen	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1974	QF	Stan Smith	3-6 2-6	L	—	Match data

P. Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1974	R32	N. Saviano	7-6 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data