SF La Costa 1977

Marty Riessen #71 def. Hank Pfister #80

7-6 6-0

Marty Riessen defeated Hank Pfister 7-6 6-0 in the 1977 La Costa semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 26, 1977*
Tournament: La Costa
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	Hank Pfister
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	Oct 9, 1953
Age	35	23
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	71	80
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,795	1,630
Current career W-L	531–314	260–213
Current career earnings	$465	—

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen #71 0 – 0 Hank Pfister #80

Path

Marty Riessen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roy Emerson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1977	QF
Tim Gullikson	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data	Mar 25, 1977	R16
Jan Norback	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1977	R32
Eric Friedler	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1977	R64

Marty Riessen's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brian Gottfried #7	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1977	F

Hank Pfister's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Allan Stone	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1977	QF
Victor Amaya #78	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 1977	R16
Brian Teacher #57	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1977	R32
Bruce Manson	3-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1977	R64