Brian Gottfried

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Brian Gottfried
Country (sports) USA
Residence
Tour Finals
SF (1977, 1978)[1]
WCT FinalsSF (1981)
Doubles
Career record603–246
Career titles54
Highest rankingNo. 2 (12 December 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1980)
French OpenW (1975, 1977)[1]
WimbledonW (1976)
US OpenF (1977)[1]

Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is a retired American tennis player who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. He was the runner-up in singles at the 1977 French Open,[1] won the 1975 and 1977 French Open Doubles[1] as well as the 1976 Wimbledon Doubles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking on the ATP tour on June 19, 1977, when he became world No. 3, and a career-high doubles ranking on December 12, 1976, when he became world No. 2.

Tennis career

Junior and college

Gottfried was born in

Baltimore, Maryland, and is Jewish.[2][3] He began playing tennis at the age of 5, after receiving a racquet as a gift.[4] In all, Gottfried won 14 national junior titles.[5] As a teen Gottfried attended Baylor School[6] in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Piper High School in Sunrise, Florida.[7] In 1970, as a freshman at Trinity University in Texas, he won the USTA boys 18s singles championship, as well as the doubles championship with Alexander Mayer.[8] He was an All-American
in 1971 and 1972.

Professional career

Gottfried began his professional tennis career in 1972.

open era singles titles leaders, and tied for 12th in doubles.[4]

Arthur Ashe liked to recall how Gottfried missed his daily practice session to get married, but atoned by doubling his practice time the next day.[4][11]

Gottfried retired as the player with the greatest number of tour match victories among players who had never won a grand slam. He held this record for 32 years, eventually being succeeded by David Ferrer.[citation needed] He was also second to Ferrer for most titles by a player who never won a major.[12]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1977 French Open Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 0–6, 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1975 French Open Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez
John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1976 French Open Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart 		6–7, 3–6, 1–6
Win 1976 Wimbledon Grass Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
Win 1977 French Open Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Wojtek Fibak
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1977 US Open Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan 		4–6, 0–6
Loss 1979 Wimbledon Grass Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe 		6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1980 French Open Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Victor Amaya
United States Hank Pfister 		6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 SR
Australian Open[a] A A A A A A A A A A A 3R A A A A 0 / 1
French Open A A 2R[b] 2R 2R 4R A F 3R 3R 4R 3R 2R 4R 4R 0 / 12
Wimbledon A A 2R A 2R 3R 4R 2R QF 3R SF 2R 2R 4R 1R 0 / 12
US Open 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 4R QF QF 4R 4R 4R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 15
Strike rate 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 40
  1. ^ The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
  2. ^ The 1972 French Open had two preliminary rounds.[13] Gottfried won in both to enter the main draw. These wins do not count as main draw wins.

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam finals

Singles: 51 (25 titles, 26 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 1973 Johannesburg WCT, South Africa Hard Chile Jaime Fillol Walkover
Win 2. 1973 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Hard United States Arthur Ashe 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1. 1973 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. Hard United States Eddie Dibbs 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 1973 Christchurch, New Zealand Grass Australia Fred Stolle 6–7, 4–6, 1–6
Win 3. 1974 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) United States Eddie Dibbs 6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–0
Loss 3. 1974 London Carpet United States Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–7
Win 4. 1975
Baltimore, Maryland
, U.S. 		Carpet Australia Allan Stone 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 5. 1975
Dayton, Ohio
, U.S. 		Carpet Australia Geoff Masters 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4. 1975
Denver WCT
, U.S. 		Carpet United States Jimmy Connors 3–6, 4–6
Win 6. 1975 Melbourne Grass United States Harold Solomon 6–2, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 5. 1975
Johannesburg, South Africa
 Hard United States Harold Solomon 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 6. 1976 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet United States Arthur Ashe 2–6, 4–6
Win 7. 1976
Los Angeles
 Carpet United States Arthur Ashe 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7. 1976
San Francisco
, U.S. 		Carpet United States Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Loss 8. 1976 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard United States Harold Solomon 2–6, 7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 8. 1977 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Carpet Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 7–6
Win 9. 1977
Rancho Mirage, California
, U.S. 		Hard Argentina Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss 9. 1977
Memphis, Tennessee
, U.S. 		Hard (i) Sweden Björn Borg 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 10. 1977
Washington Indoor
, U.S. 		Carpet
Robert Lutz
 6–1, 6–2
Win 11. 1977 La Costa, California, U.S. Hard United States Marty Riessen 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10. 1977 Los Angeles Carpet United States Stan Smith 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 11. 1977
Denver, Colorado
, U.S. 		Carpet Sweden Björn Borg 5–7, 2–6
Loss 12. 1977 French Open, Paris Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 0–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 13. 1977
Washington, D.C.
 Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 5–7
Loss 14. 1977 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Hard Argentina Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 1–6
Loss 15. 1977
Los Angeles
 Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 16. 1977 San Francisco, U.S. Carpet United States Butch Walts 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 17. 1977
Maui, Hawaii
, U.S. 		Hard United States Jimmy Connors 2–6, 0–6
Win 12. 1977
Vienna, Austria
 Hard (i)
Wojtek Fibak
 6–1, 6–1
Loss 18. 1977 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) Italy Corrado Barazzutti 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 13. 1978 Washington Indoor, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez 7–5, 7–6
Win 14. 1978 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. Carpet United States Eddie Dibbs 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 15. 1978 Houston WCT, U.S. Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 19. 1978
Los Angeles
 Carpet United States Arthur Ashe 2–6, 4–6
Loss 20. 1979
Rancho Mirage, California
, U.S. 		Hard United States Roscoe Tanner 4–6, 2–6
Loss 21. 1979
Washington Indoor
, U.S. 		Carpet United States Roscoe Tanner 4–6, 4–6
Win 16. 1979 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Clay United States Eddie Dibbs 6–3, 6–0
Win 17. 1979
Basel, Switzerland
 Hard (i) South Africa Johan Kriek 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Win 18. 1980
Surbiton
, United Kingdom 		Grass United States Sandy Mayer 6–3, 6–3
Win 19. 1980
Washington, D.C.
 Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 20. 1980 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) United States Trey Waltke 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Win 21. 1980 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) Italy Adriano Panatta 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
Loss 22. 1981 Brussels, Belgium Carpet United States Jimmy Connors 2–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 23. 1981 London (Queen's), UK Grass United States John McEnroe 6–7, 5–7
Win 22. 1981
Stowe, Vermont
, U.S. 		Hard United States Tony Graham 6–3, 6–3
Loss 24. 1981
Vienna, Austria
 Hard (i) Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 6–1, 0–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win 23. 1982 Tampa, Florida, U.S. Hard United States Mike Estep 6–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 25. 1982 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Hard United States Jimmy Connors 5–7, 0–6
Win 24. 1982 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) United States Bill Scanlon 6–1, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 26. 1982 Wembley, United Kingdom Carpet United States John McEnroe 3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win 25. 1983 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) United States Mel Purcell 6–2, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (54 titles, 41 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1973 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet United States Dick Stockton Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver 		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2. 1973 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard United States Dick Stockton Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle 		6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1. 1973
Cincinnati
, U.S. 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez
John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
 6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Win 3. 1973 Fort Worth, U.S. Hard United States Dick Stockton Australia Owen Davidson
Australia John Newcombe 		7–6, 6–4
Loss 2. 1973
Hong Kong
 Hard United States Paul Gerken Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Rod Laver 		3–6, 7–5, 15–17
Loss 3. 1974 Atlanta WCT, U.S. Clay United States Dick Stockton
Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
 3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 4. 1974 Orlando WCT, U.S. Clay United States Dick Stockton Australia Owen Davidson
Australia John Newcombe 		6–7, 3–6
Loss 5. 1974
Hamburg
, West Germany 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 		3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 1974
Rome
, Italy 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Romania Ilie Năstase 		6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6. 1974 Chicago, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Tom Gorman
United States Marty Riessen 		6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win 5. 1974 South Orange, U.S. Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez India Anand Amritraj
India Vijay Amritraj 		7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 7. 1974
Los Angeles
, U.S. 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 8. 1974 Madrid, Spain Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez France Patrice Dominguez
Spain Antonio Muñoz 		1–6, 3–6
Loss 9. 1974 Tehran, Iran Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Spain Manuel Orantes
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 		6–7, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 10. 1974 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) Mexico Raúl Ramírez France Patrice Dominguez
France François Jauffret 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 11. 1974 London, England Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Jimmy Connors
Romania Ilie Năstase 		6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win 6. 1975 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Dick Stockton
United States Erik van Dillen 		3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 12. 1975
Dayton Indoor
, U.S. 		Carpet United States Paul Gerken Australia Ray Ruffels
Australia Allan Stone 		6–7, 5–7
Win 7. 1975 St. Petersburg WCT, U.S. Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Charlie Pasarell
United States Roscoe Tanner 		6–4, 6–4
Win 8. 1975 La Costa WCT, U.S. Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Charlie Pasarell
United States Roscoe Tanner 		7–5, 6–4
Loss 13. 1975 São Paulo WCT, Brazil Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 14. 1975 Caracas WCT, Venezuela Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win 9. 1975 Orlando WCT, U.S. Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Ray Ruffels 		6–4, 6–4
Win 10. 1975
World Doubles WCT
, Mexico 		Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United Kingdom Mark Cox
South Africa Cliff Drysdale 		7–6, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win 11. 1975 Dallas WCT, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan 		7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5
Win 12. 1975
Rome
, Italy 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Jimmy Connors
Romania Ilie Năstase 		6–4, 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
Win 13. 1975 French Open, Paris Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez
John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 15. 1975
Washington, D.C.
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith 		5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win 14. 1975 Boston, U.S. Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States John Andrews
United States Mike Estep 		4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 16. 1975 Melbourne Indoor, Australia Grass Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		4–6, 0–6
Win 15. 1975
Sydney Indoor
, Australia 		Hard (i) Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		6–4, 6–2
Win 16. 1975
Perth
, Australia 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
Win 17. 1975
Tokyo
, Japan 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Spain Manuel Orantes 		7–6, 6–4
Win 18. 1976 Monterrey WCT, Mexico Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 19. 1976 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker 		6–4, 7–5
Win 20. 1976 St. Louis WCT, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent 		6–4, 6–2
Win 21. 1976
México
 Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie 		6–4, 7–6
Win 22. 1976 Jackson WCT, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Win 23. 1976 Caracas WCT, Venezuela Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Jeff Borowiak
Romania Ilie Năstase 		7–5, 6–4
Win 24. 1976
Rome
, Italy 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Geoff Masters
Australia John Newcombe 		7–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 17. 1976 French Open, Paris Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart 		6–7, 3–6, 1–6
Win 25. 1976 Wimbledon, London Grass Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters 		3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
Win 26. 1976
Washington, D.C.
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Arthur Ashe
United States Jimmy Connors 		6–3, 6–3
Win 27. 1976
North Conway
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Argentina Ricardo Cano
Paraguay Víctor Pecci 		6–3, 6–0
Win 28. 1976
Indianapolis
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart 		6–2, 6–2
Win 29. 1976
Woodlands Doubles
, U.S. 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Phil Dent
Australia Allan Stone 		6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss 18. 1976
San Francisco
, U.S. 		Carpet South Africa Bob Hewitt United States Dick Stockton
United States Roscoe Tanner 		3–6, 4–6
Win 30. 1976
Barcelona
, Spain 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan 		7–6, 6–4
Loss 19. 1976
Vienna
, Austria 		Hard (i) Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan 		4–6, 0–4, ret.
Loss 20. 1976 Wembley, England Carpet
Wojtek Fibak
 United States Stan Smith
United States Roscoe Tanner 		6–7, 3–6
Win 31. 1976 Johannesburg WCT, South Africa Hard United States Sherwood Stewart Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
United States Stan Smith 		1–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–6
Win 32. 1977
Miami
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Paul Kronk
Australia Cliff Letcher 		7–5, 6–4
Loss 21. 1977
Washington Indoor
, U.S. 		Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith 		3–6, 5–7
Win 33. 1977
Rome
, Italy 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart 		6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Win 34. 1977 French Open, Paris Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Wojtek Fibak
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 35. 1977
North Conway
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 22. 1977 US Open, New York Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan 		4–6, 0–6
Loss 23. 1977
Maui
, U.S. 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith 		6–7, 4–6
Win 36. 1977 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Jeff Borowiak
United Kingdom Roger Taylor 		6–2, 6–0
Loss 24. 1977 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
 3–6, 3–6
Loss 25. 1977 Wembley, England Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Sandy Mayer
South Africa Frew McMillan 		3–6, 6–7
Win 37. 1978
Memphis
, U.S. 		Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Phil Dent
Australia John Newcombe 		3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win 38. 1978
Dayton
, U.S. 		Carpet Australia Geoff Masters United States Hank Pfister
United States Butch Walts 		6–3, 6–4
Win 39. 1979 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet United States John McEnroe Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 26. 1979 Wimbledon, London Grass Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe 		6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 27. 1979
Washington
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Marty Riessen
United States Sherwood Stewart 		6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 40. 1979 Columbus, U.S. Clay
Robert Lutz
 United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson 		4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win 41. 1979
Cincinnati
, U.S. 		Hard Romania Ilie Năstase United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith 		1–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 28. 1979
Basel
, Switzerland 		Hard (i) Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 29. 1979
Vienna
, Austria 		Hard (i) Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan 		4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win 42. 1980
Masters Doubles WCT
, London 		Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands
 Tom Okker 		3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 30. 1980
Baltimore WCT
, U.S. 		Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Tim Gullikson
United States Marty Riessen 		6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 31. 1980 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe 		3–6, 6–7
Loss 32. 1980 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet South Africa Frew McMillan United States Fritz Buehning
South Africa Johan Kriek 		6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win 43. 1980
Memphis
, U.S. 		Carpet United States John McEnroe Australia Rod Frawley
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 		6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 33. 1980 French Open, Paris Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Victor Amaya
United States Hank Pfister 		6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win 44. 1980
North Conway
, U.S. 		Clay United States Jimmy Connors South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton 		7–6, 6–2
Win 45. 1980 Columbus, U.S. Hard United States Sandy Mayer United States Peter Fleming
United States Eliot Teltscher 		6–4, 6–2
Win 46. 1980
Sawgrass Doubles
, U.S. 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith 		7–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Loss 34. 1980 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) South Africa Raymond Moore Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 35. 1980
Sydney Outdoor
, Australia 		Grass United States Vitas Gerulaitis Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 36. 1981 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Marty Riessen
United States Sherwood Stewart 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 37. 1981 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States Tim Gullikson
South Africa Bernard Mitton 		6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win 47. 1981
Milan
, Italy 		Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Rennert 		7–6, 6–3
Loss 38. 1981
Stowe
, U.S. 		Hard United States Robert Lutz South Africa Johan Kriek
United States Larry Stefanki 		6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Win 48. 1982
La Quinta
, U.S. 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez United Kingdom John Lloyd
United States Dick Stockton 		6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 39. 1982 Tampa, U.S. Hard United States Hank Pfister United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson 		2–6, 3–6
Win 49. 1982
Sawgrass Doubles
, U.S. 		Clay Mexico Raúl Ramírez Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick 		W/O
Win 50. 1982 Paris Indoor, France Hard (i) United States Bruce Manson United States Jay Lapidus
United States Richard Meyer 		6–4, 6–2
Win 51. 1982
Johannesburg
, South Africa 		Hard South Africa Frew McMillan Israel Shlomo Glickstein
Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 40. 1983
Masters Doubles WCT
, London 		Carpet Mexico Raúl Ramírez Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy 		3–6, 5–7, 6–7
Win 52. 1983
La Quinta
, U.S. 		Hard Mexico Raúl Ramírez South Africa Tian Viljoen
South Africa Danie Visser 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 41. 1983
Hamburg
, West Germany 		Clay Australia Mark Edmondson Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy 		6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win 53. 1983 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Australia Paul McNamee South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton 		6–4, 6–3
Win 54. 1984
North Conway
, U.S. 		Clay Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd Brazil Cássio Motta
United States Blaine Willenborg 		6–4, 6–2

Davis Cup

Gottfried was 7–7 in Davis Cup play for the US between 1975 and 1982[14] and won it twice (in 1978 and 1982).

Halls of Fame & awards

Gottfried won the 1974 and 1975 ATP Doubles Team of the Year Award with partner Raúl Ramírez.

He won the 1976 ATP Most Improved Player Award.[15]

He won the ATP Sportsmanship award in 1984.[4]

Gottfried was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990.[16]

Gottfried, who is

Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.[5]

Life after playing career

Gottfried now lives in

Fort Lauderdale
.

In 2010, Gottfried coached with the Bollettieri Tennis Program at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

He was elected to the ATP Player Council in 2012 as an alumni representative.[17][18]

In 2015, he joined the coaching staff at the

Bolles School[19]

His younger brother, Larry was also a tennis player.

See also

References

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Awards
Preceded by
Wojtek Fibak
 ATP Most Improved Player
1977 		Succeeded by
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