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Brian Gottfried #14 def. Arthur Ashe #8

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 26, 1976*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Brian Gottfried
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Jul 10, 1943
Age	24	33
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,081	2,018
Career W-L	695–322	800–258
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Brian Gottfried 3 – 4 Arthur Ashe

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	SF	Ilie Nastase	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	QF	Jimmy Connors	6-6 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1976	R16	Eddie Dibbs	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1976	R32	Sherwood Stewart	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1976	R64	Van Winitsky	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	SF	Raul Ramirez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	QF	John Lloyd	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 24, 1976	R16	Byron Bertram	6-3 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1976	R32	Billy Martin	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1976	R64	Mike Machette	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data