Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Arthur Ashe #16 def. Brian Gottfried #6

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 24, 1978*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Brian Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jan 27, 1952
Age	35	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,994	2,068
Career W-L	800–258	695–322
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 4 – 6 Brian Gottfried

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	SF	Harold Solomon	6-7 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	Dick Stockton	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	Terry Moor	2-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	Ove Bengtson	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1978	R64	Deon Joubert	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	SF	Peter Fleming	6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	Cliff Drysdale	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	John Newcombe	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	Vijay Amritraj	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data