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Butch Walts #77 def. Brian Gottfried #4

4-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 2, 1977*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Butch Walts
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Butch Walts	Brian Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 4, 1955	Jan 27, 1952
Age	22	25
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	77	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,762	2,127
Career W-L	140–135	695–322
Career earnings	$454,343	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Butch Walts 0 – 1 Brian Gottfried

Path

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1977	SF	Peter Fleming	6-4 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1977	QF	John McEnroe	6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1977	R16	Steve Docherty	7-6 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1977	R32	Fred Mcnair	7-5 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 28, 1977	R64	John Alexander	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts'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
Oct 1, 1977	SF	Dick Stockton	6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1977	QF	Marty Riessen	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1977	R16	Hank Pfister	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1977	R32	Bernie Mitton	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1977	R64	Peter Pearson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data