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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Brian Gottfried#5

3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-0
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Brian Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jan 27, 1952
Age	25	26
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,287	2,124
Career W-L	1,262–294	695–322
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 8 – 2 Brian Gottfried

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	Buster C Mottram	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R32	Adriano Panatta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	Cliff Drysdale	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1978	F	Roscoe Tanner	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	QF	John McEnroe	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R32	Marty Riessen	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data