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Brian Gottfried#14 def. Ilie Nastase#4

6-2 6-2

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Ilie 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

Brian Gottfried 2 – 4 Ilie Nastase

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	QF	Jimmy Connors	6-6 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1976	R16	Eddie 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	Van Winitsky	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's next match

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

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1976	QF	Dick Stockton	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1976	R16	Charlie 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