Brian Gottfried

Brian Gottfried
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	January 27, 1952
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	75 kg
1st professional season:	1972
Resignation:	1985
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,782,514
singles
Career record:	683: 325
Career title:	25th
Highest ranking:	3 (June 19 1977)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	603: 246
Career title:	54
Highest ranking:	2 (December 12 1976)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Brian Gottfried (born February 27, 1952 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is a retired American tennis player .

He was one of the best players of the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially in doubles, but was also able to win 25 tournaments in singles.

He celebrated his greatest successes on the side of Raúl Ramírez by winning three Grand Slams . In total, he was able to win 54 double tournaments and was unsuccessful in a final 41 times. This brings him to 95 finals.

He won doubles and singles tournaments on all surfaces (sand, carpet, hard court and grass).

Only in the Davis Cup could he not show the usual successes with a single balance of 6: 7 and a double balance of 1: 0.

successes

Tournament wins individual (25)

No.	year	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1973	Johannesburg	Hard court	Jaime Fillol	Where
2.		Las Vegas	Hard court	Arthur Ashe	6: 1, 6: 3
3.	1974	Paris Indoor (1)	Hard court	Eddie Dibbs	6: 3, 5: 7, 8: 6, 6: 0
4th	1975	Baltimore (1)	carpet	Allan Stone	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
5.		Dayton, Ohio (1)	carpet	Geoff Masters	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
6th		Melbourne	race	Harold Solomon	6: 2, 7: 6, 6: 1
7th	1976	los Angeles	carpet	Arthur Ashe	6: 2, 6: 2
8th.	1977	Baltimore (2)	carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6: 3, 7: 6
9.		Palm Springs	Hard court	Guillermo Vilas	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
10.		Washington Indoor (1)	carpet	Bob Lutz	6: 1, 6: 2
11.		La Costa	Hard court	Marty Riessen	6: 3, 6: 2
12.		Vienna (1)	Hard court	Wojciech Fibak	6: 1, 6: 1
13.	1978	Washington Indoor (2)	carpet	Rick Leach	6: 3, 6: 4
14th		Dayton, Ohio (2)	carpet	Eddie Dibbs	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
15th		Houston	sand	Ilie Năstase	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
16.	1979	Columbus, Ohio	sand	Eddie Dibbs	6: 3, 6: 0
17th		Basel	Hard court	Johan Kriek	7: 5, 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
18th	1980	Surbiton / London	race	Sandy Mayer	6: 3, 6: 3
19th		Washington	Clay court	José Luis Clerc	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 4
20th		Vienna (2)	Hard court	Trey Waltke	6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 3
21st		Paris Indoor (2)	carpet	Adriano Panatta	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1, 7: 6
22nd	1981	Stowe (Vermont)	Hard court	Tony Graham	6: 3, 6: 3
23.	1982	Tampa	Hard court	Mike Estep	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
24.		Vienna (3)	Hard court	Bill Scanlon	6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 0
25th	1983	Vienna (4)	Hard court	Mel Purcell	6: 2, 6: 3, 7: 5

Tournament wins doubles (54)

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Final result
1.	1973	Philadelphia (1)	carpet	Dick Stockton	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2.		Las Vegas	Hard court	Dick Stockton	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
3.		Fort Worth	Hard court	Dick Stockton	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7: 6, 6: 4
4th	1974	Rome (1)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 3
5.		South Orange	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7: 6, 6: 7, 7: 6
6th	1975	Philadelphia (2)	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
7th		St. Petersburg	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	6: 4, 6: 4
8th.		La Costa	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	7: 5, 6: 4
9.		Orlando	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	6: 4, 6: 4
10.		World Doubles WCT	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
11.		Dallas	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7: 5, 6: 3, 4: 6, 2: 6, 7: 5
12.		Rome (2)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6: 4, 7: 6, 2: 6, 6: 1
13.	1975	French Open (1)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	John Alexander Phil Dent	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
14th	1975	Boston	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	John Andrews Mike Estep	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
15th		Sydney Indoor	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6: 4, 6: 2
16.		Perth	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 0
17th		Tokyo	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7: 6, 6: 4
18th	1976	Monterrey	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
19th		Richmond (1)	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6: 4, 7: 5
20th		St. Louis	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	John Alexander Phil Dent	6: 4, 6: 2
21st		Mexico city	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Ismail El Shafei Brain Fairlie	6: 4, 7: 6
22nd		Jackson	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 0
23.		Caracas	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Jeff Borowiak Ilie Năstase	7: 5, 6: 4
24.		Rome (3)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Geoff Masters John Newcombe	7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
25th	1976	Wimbledon	race	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3: 6, 6: 3, 8: 6, 2: 6, 7: 5
26th	1976	Washington DC	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Arthur Ashe Jimmy Connors	6: 3, 6: 3
27.		North Conway (1)	sand	Raúl Ramírez	Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci	6: 3, 6: 0
28.		Indianapolis	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6: 2, 6: 2
29		Woodland doubles	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Phil Dent Allan Stone	6: 1, 6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6
30th		Barcelona	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7: 6, 6: 4
31.		Johannesburg	Hard court	Sherwood Stewart	Juan Gisbert Stan Smith	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2, 7: 6
32.	1977	Miami	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7: 5, 6: 4
33.		Rome (4)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5
34.	1977	French Open (2)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
35.	1977	North Conway (2)	sand	Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7: 5, 6: 3
36.		Paris Indoor (1)	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Jeff Borowiak Roger Taylor	6: 2, 6: 0
37.	1978	Memphis (1)	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Phil Dent John Newcombe	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
38.		Dayton, Ohio	Carpet (i)	Geoff Masters	Hank Pfister Butch Walts	6: 3, 6: 4
39.	1979	Richmond (2)	carpet	John McEnroe	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6: 4, 6: 3
40.		Columbus (1)	Clay court	Bob Lutz	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
41.		Cincinnati	Hard court	Ilie Năstase	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
42.	1980	Masters Doubles WCT	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
43.		Memphis (2)	Hard court	John McEnroe	Rod Frawley Tomás Smíd	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6
44.		North Conway (3)	sand	Jimmy Connors	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7: 6, 6: 2
45.		Columbus (2)	sand	Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming Elliot Teltscher	6: 4, 6: 2
46.		Sawgrass Doubles (1)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	6: 3, 6: 2
47.	1981	Milan	carpet	Raúl Ramírez	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	7: 6, 6: 3
48.	1982	La Quinta (1)	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
49.		Sawgrass Doubles (2)	Clay court	Raúl Ramírez	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	Where
50.		Paris Indoor (2)	Hard court	Bruce Manson	Jay Lapidus Richard Meyer	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 2
51.		Johannesburg	Hard court	Frew McMillan	Shlomo Glickstein Andrew Pattison	6: 2, 6: 2
52.	1983	La Quinta (2)	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	6: 3, 6: 3
53.		London / Queen's Club	race	Paul McNamee	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6: 4, 6: 3
54.	1984	North Conway (4)	sand	Tomás Smíd	Cássio Motta Blaine Willenborg	6: 4, 6: 2

Web links

• ATP profile of Brian Gottfried (English)
• ITF profile of Brian Gottfried (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Brian Gottfried (English)
• Grand Slam