Brian Gottfried

American Born 1952 183 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Raul Ramirez (27)vs Harold Solomon (24)vs Jimmy Connors (19)vs Stan Smith (18)vs Bob Lutz (18)vs Guillermo Vilas (15)

Match log

1984

US OpenHard, August
R64LJimmy Connors3-6 3-6 2-6
R128WBen Testerman7-5 6-2 6-3
CincinnatiHard, August
R32LPaul Mcnamee3-6 1-6
R64WScott Mccain4-6 6-1 6-2
ColumbusHard, August
R32LTerry Moor4-6 4-6
North ConwayClay, July
R32LFrancesco Cancellotti6-7 1-6
R64WBilly Nealon6-2 7-5
WashingtonClay, July
R16LDan Goldie5-7 4-6
R32WGabriel Urpi6-2 6-1
R64WDerek Tarr6-3 7-6
WimbledonGrass, June
R128LFrancisco Gonzalez2-6 6-1 2-6 7-6 2-6
BristolGrass, June
R32LJohn Alexander3-6 4-6
Queen's ClubGrass, June
R64LPaul Mcnamee6-4 4-6 1-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R16LJimmy Arias4-6 6-2 4-6 6-1 2-6
R32WRolf Gehring7-6 6-4 6-4
R64WMike Leach2-6 6-3 6-4 6-0
R128WVan Winitsky6-1 6-0 6-2
Forest Hills WCTClay, May
R32LBrian Levine5-7 2-6
Aix en ProvenceClay, April
R32LTrevor Allan0-6 0-6
Monte CarloClay, April
R16LJimmy Arias4-6 2-6
R32WAaron Krickstein3-6 6-2 6-0
Boca WestHard, March
R16LJimmy Arias7-6 3-6 4-6
R32WTim Gullikson6-3 6-2
RotterdamCarpet, March
R16LKevin Curren2-6 5-7
R32WRoscoe Tanner7-5 6-2
BrusselsCarpet, March
R32LJohan Kriek3-6 6-3 4-6
La QuintaHard, February
R16LScott Davis3-6 6-4 4-6
R32WEric Fromm6-2 2-6 6-3
MemphisCarpet, February
R16LTim Mayotte4-6 4-6
R32WBrian Teacher7-5 4-6 6-4
PhiladelphiaCarpet, January
R32LTim Gullikson0-6 3-6

1983

StockholmHard, October
QFLPeter Fleming6-4 3-6 5-7
R16WShlomo Glickstein7-5 6-1
R32WStefan Simonsson6-4 6-7 6-1
CologneCarpet, October
R32LStan Smith3-6 6-7
ViennaWon the titleHard, October
FWMel Purcell6-2 6-3 7-5Won the title
SFWStefan Edberg6-3 6-4
QFWMichiel Schapers6-2 4-6 6-3
R16WTim Wilkison6-3 7-5
R32WHans Simonsson6-4 6-2
US OpenHard, August
R64LMats Wilander3-6 4-6 6-7
R128WTim Mayotte7-6 2-6 7-5 6-2
CincinnatiHard, August
R64LRobert Vant Hof3-6 4-6
ColumbusHard, August
QFLBrian Teacher4-6 4-6
R16WRodney Harmon7-5 6-3
R32WAndy Andrews4-6 6-3 7-5
South OrangeClay, July
R32LMichael Westphal3-6 6-7
WashingtonClay, July
R16LClaudio Panatta6-0 4-6 4-6
R32WTom Cain3-6 6-2 6-4
WimbledonGrass, June
R16LMel Purcell6-4 3-6 3-6 2-6
R32WJoao Soares7-6 6-2 6-2
R64WMatt Doyle7-5 4-6 7-6 6-4
R128WShlomo Glickstein6-1 6-4 6-4

Brian Gottfried

Brian Gottfried reached No. 3 in the world in June 1977, days before his season turned into its cruelest afternoon: Guillermo Vilas beat him 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 in the Roland Garros final. Gottfried called it plainly afterward, saying he was powerless, that whatever he tried, Vilas did better. It was the only major singles final he reached, part of a season in which Vilas went on one of the sport's great tears and left the rest of the tour playing catch-up.

He built his game on a heavy topspin forehand and volleys sharp enough to rank among the tour's best, and paired them with a training habit friends loved to retell: Arthur Ashe used to say Gottfried once skipped practice only to get married, then doubled his session the next day to make up for it. That relentlessness paid off most in doubles, where he and Raul Ramirez won three major titles, Wimbledon in 1976 and Roland Garros in 1975 and 1977, on top of 25 career titles overall.