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Arthur Ashe #14 def. Brian Gottfried #8

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date Jan 27, 1979*
Tournament Philadelphia
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundQF
Winner Arthur Ashe
Score6-3 7-5
Loser Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldArthur AsheBrian Gottfried
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 10, 1943Jan 27, 1952
Age3527
Height185183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)148
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0302,005
Career W-L800–258695–322
Career earnings$1,584,909$2,782,514
Pre-match H2H
Arthur Ashe 6 6 Brian Gottfried

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 1979R16 Guillermo Vilas 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 1979R32 Marty Riessen 6-1 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 24, 1979R64 Bernie Mitton 6-2 7-6WH2HMatch data

Arthur Ashe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 27, 1979SF Vitas Gerulaitis 1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data

Brian Gottfried's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 1979R16 Pat Dupre 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 1979R32 Tom Gullikson 6-4 6-4WMatch data
Jan 24, 1979R64 John Sadri 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data