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J. Clerc#21 def. B. Gottfried#6

5-7 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 1978*
Tournament	Montreal / Toronto
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Clerc
Score	5-7 7-5 6-4
Loser	B. Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Clerc	B. Gottfried
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 16, 1958	Jan 27, 1952
Age	20	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,856	2,027
Career W-L	361–141	695–322
Career earnings	$1,987,036	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

J. Clerc 0 – 0 B. Gottfried

Path

J. Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1978	QF	B. Taroczy	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1978	R16	C. Dowdeswell	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1978	R32	P. Pearson	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1978	R64	H. Kary	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Clerc's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1978	F	E. Dibbs	7-5 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1978	QF	I. Molina	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1978	R16	T. Okker	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1978	R32	G. Halder	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1978	R64	A. Madani	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data