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R. Tanner#12 def. B. Gottfried#8

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 1979*
Tournament	Rancho Mirage
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	B. Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	B. Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Jan 27, 1952
Age	27	27
Height	183	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,041	2,037
Career W-L	595–298	695–322
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 3 – 4 B. Gottfried

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1979	SF	E. Teltscher	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1979	QF	J. Connors	4-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1979	R16	G. Mayer	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1979	R32	C. Drysdale	5-7 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1979	R64	B. Teacher	6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1979	SF	H. Solomon	1-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1979	QF	T. Okker	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1979	R16	J. Higueras	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1979	R32	T. Moor	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1979	R64	Lito Alvarez	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data