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Brian Gottfried#5 def. Colin Dibley#53

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 25, 1978*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Brian Gottfried
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Colin Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Colin Dibley
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Sep 19, 1944
Age	26	33
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	53
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,122	1,739
Career W-L	695–322	338–310
Career earnings	$2,782,514	—

Pre-match H2H

Brian Gottfried 8 – 1 Colin Dibley

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Belus Prajoux	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Jose Higueras	6-3 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Gilles Moretton	6-3 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data