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Cliff Drysdale #22 def. Tom Gorman #37

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1978*
Tournament	Baltimore
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Tom Gorman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Tom Gorman
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Jan 19, 1946
Age	36	32
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	37
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,820
Career W-L	402–253	418–293
Career earnings	—	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 5 – 3 Tom Gorman

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	SF	Buster C Mottram	6-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	QF	Cliff Richey	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R16	John James	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R32	Zan Guerry	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	SF	George Hardie	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	QF	Ilie Nastase	7-5 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R16	Nick Saviano	6-3 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R32	Mike Cahill	6-2 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data