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B. Gottfried#11 def. H. Simonsson#115

6-2 6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	May 29, 1981*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-2 6-3 7-6
Loser	H. Simonsson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	H. Simonsson
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	May 1, 1962
Age	29	19
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	115
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,966	1,518
Career W-L	695–322	42–74
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$325,035

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 0 – 0 H. Simonsson

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	G. Aubone	6-7 6-3 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	C. Kirmayr	2-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

H. Simonsson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	J. Potier	6-1 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data