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B. Gottfried#4 def. P. Dent#22

7-5 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 1977*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	7-5 6-3 7-5
Loser	P. Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	P. Dent
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Feb 14, 1950
Age	25	27
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	22
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,208	1,904
Career W-L	695–322	418–351
Career earnings	$2,782,514	—

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 3 – 0 P. Dent

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1977	QF	I. Nastase	4-6 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1977	R16	P. Dominguez	6-4 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1977	R32	E. Deblicker	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1977	R64	T. Waltke	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	I. Molina	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1977	F	G. Vilas	0-6 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1977	QF	J. Higueras	6-1 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1977	R16	B. Fairlie	6-0 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1977	R32	B. Taroczy	3-6 7-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1977	R64	John McEnroe	4-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	N. Pilic	1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data