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M. Riessen#71 def. H. Pfister#80

7-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 1977*
Tournament	La Costa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	M. Riessen
Score	7-6 6-0
Loser	H. Pfister

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Riessen	H. Pfister
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	Oct 9, 1953
Age	35	23
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	71	80
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,789	1,625
Career W-L	533–316	260–213
Career earnings	$465	—

Pre-match H2H

M. Riessen 0 – 0 H. Pfister

Path

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	QF	R. Emerson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1977	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Mar 24, 1977	R32	J. Norback	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1977	R64	E. Friedler	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

M. Riessen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1977	F	B. Gottfried	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

H. Pfister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	QF	A. Stone	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1977	R16	V. Amaya	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1977	R32	B. Teacher	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1977	R64	B. Manson	3-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data