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Brian Gottfried#5 def. Ilie Nastase#4

4-6 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 1977*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Brian Gottfried
Score	4-6 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-3
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Jul 19, 1946
Age	25	30
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,188	2,122
Career W-L	695–322	859–331
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Brian Gottfried 3 – 4 Ilie Nastase

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1977	R16	Patrice Dominguez	6-4 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1977	R32	Eric Deblicker	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1977	R64	Trey Waltke	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	Ivan Molina	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1977	SF	Phil Dent	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1977	R16	Jan Kodes	6-4 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1977	R32	Karl Meiler	7-6 3-6 6-1 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1977	R64	Tim Gullikson	6-3 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	Lito Alvarez	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data