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John McEnroe#2 def. B. Gottfried#14

6-3 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 3, 1981*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-3 6-4 6-1
Loser	B. Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	B. Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jan 27, 1952
Age	22	29
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,299	1,981
Career W-L	833–189	695–322
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 1 B. Gottfried

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1981	QF	S. Mayer	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1981	F	J. Kriek	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1981	QF	Sammy Giammalva Jr	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data