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B. Gottfried#14 def. I. Nastase#4

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 25, 1976*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	I. Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	I. Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Jul 19, 1946
Age	24	30
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,057	2,250
Career W-L	695–322	859–331
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 2 – 4 I. Nastase

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	QF	J. Connors	6-6 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1976	R16	E. Dibbs	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1976	R32	Sherwood Stewart	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1976	R64	V. Winitsky	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1976	F	A. Ashe	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	QF	D. Stockton	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1976	R16	C. Pasarell	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1976	R32	Tom Gullikson	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1976	R64	Lito Alvarez	6-0 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data