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B. Gottfried#7 def. M. Riessen#71

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 27, 1977*
Tournament	La Costa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-3 6-2
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)	7	71
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,222	1,798
Career W-L	695–322	533–316
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$465

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 0 – 1 M. Riessen

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	SF	B. Borg	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	QF	T. Waltke	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1977	R16	Erik Van Dillen	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 24, 1977	R32	B. Bertram	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1977	R64	Perry Wright	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	SF	H. Pfister	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1977	QF	R. Emerson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1977	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Mar 24, 1977	R32	J. Norback	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1977	R64	E. Friedler	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data