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Brian Gottfried #6 def. Cliff Drysdale #44

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date Sep 23, 1978*
Tournament Los Angeles
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundQF
Winner Brian Gottfried
Score6-3 6-4
Loser Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldBrian GottfriedCliff Drysdale
Country USA RSA
Birth dateJan 27, 1952May 26, 1941
Age2637
Height183188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)644
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0521,899
Career W-L695–322402–253
Career earnings$2,782,514
Pre-match H2H
Brian Gottfried 1 0 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 22, 1978R16 John Newcombe 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Sep 21, 1978R32 Vijay Amritraj 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data

Brian Gottfried's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 23, 1978SF Peter Fleming 6-3 6-7 6-3WH2HMatch data

Cliff Drysdale's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 22, 1978R16 John Alexander 6-3 3-6 7-5WH2HMatch data
Sep 21, 1978R32 Allan Stone 6-1 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data