F La Costa 1977

Brian Gottfried #7 def. Marty Riessen #71

6-3 6-2

Brian Gottfried defeated Marty Riessen 6-3 6-2 in the 1977 La Costa final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 27, 1977*
Tournament: La Costa
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Marty Riessen
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Dec 4, 1941
Age	25	35
Height	183 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	71
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,235	1,804
Current career W-L	690–321	531–314
Current career earnings	$2,782,514	$465

Pre-match H2H

Brian Gottfried #7 0 – 1 Marty Riessen #71

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bjorn Borg #2	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1977	SF
Trey Waltke #94	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1977	QF
Erik Van Dillen	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data	Mar 25, 1977	R16
Byron Bertram #65	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1977	R32
Perry Wright	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data	Mar 23, 1977	R64

Brian Gottfried's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marty Riessen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hank Pfister #80	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1977	SF
Roy Emerson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1977	QF
Tim Gullikson	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data	Mar 25, 1977	R16
Jan Norback	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1977	R32
Eric Friedler	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1977	R64