John McEnroe #2 def. Brian Gottfried #14

6-3 6-4 6-1

John McEnroe defeated Brian Gottfried 6-3 6-4 6-1 in the 1981 Dallas Wct semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: May 3, 1981*
Tournament: Dallas Wct
Edition: 1981
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Brian Gottfried
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jan 27, 1952
Age	22	29
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,322	1,982
Current career W-L	835–191	690–321
Current career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe #2 2 – 1 Brian Gottfried #14

Path

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sandy Mayer #35	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 3, 1981	QF

John McEnroe's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Johan Kriek #16	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 4, 1981	F

Brian Gottfried's path

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