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B. Gottfried#3 def. M. Riessen#41

7-5 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1977*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	7-5 2-6 6-3
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	M. Riessen
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Dec 4, 1941
Age	25	35
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	41
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,107	1,807
Career W-L	695–322	533–316
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$465

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 1 – 1 M. Riessen

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	V. Winitsky	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	J. Kodes	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	B. Carmichael	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data