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B. Gottfried#5 def. M. Riessen#55

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-3 6-4
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	36
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	55
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,102	1,847
Career W-L	695–322	533–316
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$465

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 3 – 1 M. Riessen

Path

B. Gottfried's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	W. Fibak	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	J. Alexander	7-6 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data