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B. Gottfried #10 def. G. Vilas #5

2-6 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 27, 1977*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	2-6 6-1 6-3
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	G. Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Aug 17, 1952
Age	25	24
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,146	2,136
Career W-L	695–322	898–282
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 3 – 5 G. Vilas

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1977	SF	B. Scanlon	2-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1977	QF	C. Pasarell	6-1 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1977	R16	Bob Lutz	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data
Feb 24, 1977	R32	R. Laver	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1977	R64	B. Bertram	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1977	SF	R. Ramirez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1977	QF	H. Solomon	6-4 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1977	R16	B. Martin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1977	R32	S. Krulevitz	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1977	R64	M. Riessen	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data