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B. Gottfried#6 def. J. Newcombe#21

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 22, 1978*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	J. Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	May 23, 1944
Age	26	34
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	21
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,044	1,848
Career W-L	695–322	556–224
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 2 – 3 J. Newcombe

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	V. Amritraj	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	C. Drysdale	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	C. Dibley	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data