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Brian Gottfried #10 def. Bill Scanlon #41

2-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 1977*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Brian Gottfried
Score	2-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Bill Scanlon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Bill Scanlon
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Nov 13, 1956
Age	25	20
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	41
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,142	1,789
Career W-L	695–322	307–259
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$1,427,007

Pre-match H2H

Brian Gottfried 1 – 0 Bill Scanlon

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1977	QF	Charlie Pasarell	6-1 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1977	R16	Bob Lutz	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data
Feb 24, 1977	R32	Rod Laver	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1977	R64	Byron Bertram	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1977	F	Guillermo Vilas	2-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bill Scanlon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1977	QF	Phil Dent	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1977	R16	Ross Case	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1977	R32	Ray Ruffels	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1977	R64	Jose Higueras	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data