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Karl Meiler def. Brian Gottfried

4-6 6-3 5-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 1973*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Karl Meiler
Score	4-6 6-3 5-0 (ret.)
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karl Meiler	Brian Gottfried
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Apr 30, 1949	Jan 27, 1952
Age	23	21
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,809	1,662
Career W-L	252–189	695–322
Career earnings	$2,148	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Karl Meiler 0 – 0 Brian Gottfried

Path

Karl Meiler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1973	QF	Sandy Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1973	R16	Phil Dent	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1973	R32	Andrew Pattison	7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Feb 21, 1973	R64	Grover Raz Reid	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Karl Meiler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1973	F	Jimmy Connors	6-2 4-6 7-6(0) 7-6(2) 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1973	QF	Ilie Nastase	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1973	R16	John Cooper	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Feb 22, 1973	R32	Ian Fletcher	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1973	R64	F D Robbins	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data