Guillermo Vilas #4 def. Brian Gottfried #3

6-4 7-5

Guillermo Vilas defeated Brian Gottfried 6-4 7-5 in the 1977 Washington Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 24, 1977*
Tournament: Washington Open
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Gottfried
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jan 27, 1952
Age	24	25
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,176	2,149
Current career W-L	890–283	690–321
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #4 6 – 4 Brian Gottfried #3

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Eddie Dibbs #10	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1977	SF
Ricardo Cano #77	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1977	QF
Victor Pecci #36	6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 1977	R16
Van Winitsky	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 1977	R32
Larry Gottfried	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1977	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Brian Gottfried's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Harold Solomon #13	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1977	SF
Raymond Moore #42	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1977	QF
Dick Crealy #38	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 1977	R16
Ivan Molina	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 1977	R32
John Chris Lewis	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1977	R64