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B. Gottfried #7 def. B. Borg #2

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 1977*
Tournament	La Costa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	B. Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	B. Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Jun 6, 1956
Age	25	20
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,204	2,252
Career W-L	695–322	608–143
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 1 – 5 B. Borg

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	QF	T. Waltke	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1977	R16	Erik Van Dillen	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 24, 1977	R32	B. Bertram	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1977	R64	Perry Wright	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1977	F	M. Riessen	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	QF	T. Gorman	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1977	R16	B. Mitton	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1977	R32	Andrew Pattison	6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Mar 23, 1977	R64	T. Noonan	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data