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B. Gottfried #6 def. P. Fleming #34

6-3 6-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 23, 1978*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-3 6-7 6-3
Loser	P. Fleming

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	P. Fleming
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Jan 21, 1955
Age	26	23
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	34
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,061	1,833
Career W-L	695–322	224–214
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$1,986,799

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 1 – 2 P. Fleming

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	C. Drysdale	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	J. Newcombe	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	V. Amritraj	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1978	F	A. Ashe	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

P. Fleming's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	John Lloyd	0-6 7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	K. Warwick	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	John Austin	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 20, 1978	R64	J. Borowiak	4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data