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Rod Laver #4 def. Brian Gottfried #29

4-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date Mar 29, 1975*
Tournament Orlando Wct
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundSF
Winner Rod Laver
Score4-6 6-4 7-5
Loser Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverBrian Gottfried
Country AUS USA
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Jan 27, 1952
Age3623
Height175183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)429
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,2201,982
Career W-L576–147695–322
Career earnings$1,565,413$2,782,514
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 1 0 Brian Gottfried

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 29, 1975QF Jeff Borowiak 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 28, 1975R16 Brian Fairlie 6-0 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data
Mar 27, 1975R32 Ray Ruffels 3-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 30, 1975F Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data

Brian Gottfried's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 29, 1975QF Raul Ramirez 6-1 4-6 7-5WH2HMatch data
Mar 28, 1975R16 Charlie Pasarell 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data
Mar 27, 1975R32 Robert Maud 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data