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Bjorn Borg #2 def. Brian Gottfried #5

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 1977*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Brian Gottfried
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jan 27, 1952
Age	20	25
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,290	2,216
Career W-L	608–143	695–322
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 5 – 2 Brian Gottfried

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1977	SF	Bob Hewitt	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1977	QF	Peter Fleming	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1977	R16	Marty Riessen	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1977	R32	Gene Mayer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1977	SF	Jim Delaney	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1977	QF	Frew Mcmillan	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1977	R16	Terry Moor	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1977	R32	Steve Docherty	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data