Brian Gottfried

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Brian Gottfried

Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No. 3.

1 Tennis career
- 1.1 Junior & college
- 1.2 Professional career
2 Grand Slam finals
- 2.1 Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
- 2.2 Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
3 Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam singles finals (51)
- 3.1 Titles (25)
- 3.2 Runner-ups (26)
4 Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam doubles finals (95)
- 4.1 Titles (54)
- 4.2 Runner-ups (41)
5 Davis Cup
6 Halls of Fame & awards
7 Life after playing career
8 See also

Tennis career

Junior & college

Gottfried was born in Baltimore, Maryland. When he was five years old, some Japanese players stayed with his family while competing in a local tournament. Before leaving, they gave him a tennis racket as a present, thus launching his tennis career. In all, Gottfried won 14 national junior titles. He won the 1962 National 12-and-under singles title, and the doubles title with Jimmy Connors. Gottfried repeated the victory in 1963 with Dick Stockton. In 1964, he won the 12-and-under singles crown.

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. He was an All-American in 1971 and 1972. He was the runner-up in NCAA singles and doubles in 1972.

Professional career

Gottfried turned professional in 1972, and the following year he won his first career singles title in Las Vegas. In 1976, he reached 15 singles finals, winning 5, and was runner-up at the French Open. In April 1977, Newsweek said he was "simply the best male tennis player in the world at the moment." He won the Italian Open doubles championship in four consecutive years (1974–77). He won the men's doubles at the French Open in 1975 and 1977. In 1976, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon. He finished his career ranked tied for 22nd in the 50 all-time open era singles titles leaders (16) and tied for 12th among the doubles leaders.

His game was viewed as technically flawless and workman-like, particularly his potent forehand volley, considered one of the best in the game. He honed his game to perfection with dedication and an addiction to practice. The story about his penchant for practice that is most often heard came from Arthur Ashe, who recalled how Gottfried missed a scheduled practice in Miami one afternoon in order to get married, but atoned by putting in a double session the next day.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1977	French Open	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–0, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1975	French Open	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1976	French Open	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	1977	French Open	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1977	US Open	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1980	French Open	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam singles finals (51)

Titles (25)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1973	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Jaime Fillol	walkover
2.	1973	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–3
3.	1974	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–0
4.	1975	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Carpet	Allan Stone	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
5.	1975	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.	Carpet	Geoff Masters	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
6.	1975	Melbourne, Australia	Grass (i)	Harold Solomon	6–2, 7–6, 6–1
7.	1976	Los Angeles	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–2
8.	1977	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 7–6
9.	1977	Palm Springs, California, U.S.	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
10.	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Lutz	6–1, 6–2
11.	1977	La Costa, California, U.S.	Hard	Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–2
12.	1977	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	6–1, 6–1
13.	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 7–6
14.	1978	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.	Carpet	Eddie Dibbs	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
15.	1978	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
16.	1979	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 6–0
17.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Johan Kriek	7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
18.	1980	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–3
19.	1980	Washington, D.C.	Clay	José Luis Clerc	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
20.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Trey Waltke	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
21.	1980	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
22.	1981	Stowe, Vermont, U.S.	Hard	Tony Graham	6–3, 6–3
23.	1982	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Mike Estep	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
24.	1982	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Bill Scanlon	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
25.	1983	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mel Purcell	6–2, 6–3, 7–5

Runner-ups (26)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1973	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	Hard	Eddie Dibbs	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
2.	1973	Christchurch, New Zealand	Other	Fred Stolle	7–6, 6–4, 6–1
3.	1974	London	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 7–6
4.	1975	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–4
5.	1975	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
6.	1976	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–4
7.	1976	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
8.	1976	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–2, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
9.	1977	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
10.	1977	Los Angeles	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
11.	1977	Denver, Colorado, U.S.	Carpet	Björn Borg	7–5, 6–2
12.	1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
13.	1977	Washington, D.C.	Outdoor	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 7–5
14.	1977	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–1
15.	1977	Los Angeles	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
16.	1977	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Butch Walts	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
17.	1977	Maui, Hawaii, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–0
18.	1977	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Corrado Barazzutti	7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4
19.	1978	Los Angeles	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–4
20.	1979	Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
21.	1979	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
22.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
23.	1981	Queen's Club Championships, London	Grass	John McEnroe	7–6, 7–5
24.	1981	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–2
25.	1982	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 6–0
26.	1982	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam doubles finals (95)

Titles (54)

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

Runner-ups (41)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1973	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	John Alexander Phil Dent	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
2.	1973	Hong Kong	Hard	Paul Gerken	Colin Dibley Rod Laver	6–3, 5–7, 17–15
3.	1974	Atlanta WCT, United States	Clay	Dick Stockton	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
4.	1974	Orlando WCT, United States	Hard	Dick Stockton	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7–6, 6–3
5.	1974	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
6.	1974	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Tom Gorman Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
7.	1974	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–3, 6–2
8.	1974	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Patrice Dominguez Antonio Muñoz	6–1, 6–3
9.	1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 2–6, 6–2
10.	1974	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Raúl Ramírez	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	7–5, 6–4
11.	1974	London, England	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
12.	1975	Dayton Indoor, United States	Carpet	Paul Gerken	Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	7–6, 7–5
13.	1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
14.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
15.	1975	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
16.	1975	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–0
17.	1976	French Open, Paris	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
18.	1976	San Francisco, United States	Carpet	Bob Hewitt	Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–4
19.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 4–0, ret.
20.	1976	Wembley, England	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Stan Smith Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–3
21.	1977	Washington Indoor, United States	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 7–5
22.	1977	U.S. Open, New York	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–0
23.	1977	Maui, United States	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–4
24.	1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Raúl Ramírez	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–3, 6–3
25.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	6–3, 7–6
26.	1979	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
27.	1979	Washington, United States	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
28.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–4
29.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
30.	1980	Baltimore WCT, United States	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Tim Gullikson Marty Riessen	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
31.	1980	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 7–6
32.	1980	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Fritz Buehning Johan Kriek	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
33.	1980	French Open, Paris	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
34.	1980	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Raymond Moore	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–4, 6–4
35.	1980	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Vitas Gerulaitis	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–2, 6–4
36.	1981	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
37.	1981	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
38.	1981	Stowe, United States	Hard	Robert Lutz	Johan Kriek Larry Stefanki	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
39.	1982	Tampa, United States	Hard	Hank Pfister	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–2, 6–3
40.	1983	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 7–5, 7–6
41.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 4–6, 6–4

Davis Cup

Gottfried was 7–7 in Davis Cup play for the US between 1975 and 1982.

Halls of Fame & awards

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

He also won the 1976 ATP Most Improved Player Award.

He received the ATP Sportsmanship award for 1984.

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

Gottfried, who is Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Life after playing career

Gottfried now resides in Ponte Vedra, Florida, works with the ATP tour, and occasionally plays on the senior circuit.

In 2007 Gottfried joined the coaching staff at the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute in Fort Lauderdale.

In 2010, Gottfried is coaching at the Bolletieri Academy in Florida.

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

French Open men's doubles champions

(1968) Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle • (1969) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1970) Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac • (1971) Arthur Ashe / Marty Riessen • (1972) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1973) John Newcombe / Tom Okker • (1974) Dick Crealy / Onny Parun • (1975) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1976) Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart • (1977) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1978) Gene Mayer / Hank Pfister • (1979) Gene Mayer / Sandy Mayer • (1980) Victor Amaya / Hank Pfister • (1981) Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy • (1982) Sherwood Stewart / Ferdi Taygan • (1983) Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson • (1984) Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah • (1985) Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick • (1986) John Fitzgerald / Tomáš Šmíd • (1987) Anders Järryd / Robert Seguso • (1988) Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez • (1989) Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe • (1990) Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset • (1993) Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen • (1994) Byron Black / Jonathan Stark • (1995) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1996) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek • (1997) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek • (1998) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1999) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2000) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (2001) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2002) Paul Haarhuis / Yevgeny Kafelnikov • (2003) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2004) Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus • (2005) Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi • (2006) Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi • (2007) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor • (2008) Pablo Cuevas / Luis Horna • (2009) Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes • (2010) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2011) Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor

Wimbledon (Open Era) gentlemen's doubles champions

(1968) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1969) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1970) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1971) Roy Emerson / Rod Laver • (1972) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1973) Jimmy Connors / Ilie Năstase • (1974) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1975) Vitas Gerulaitis / Gene Mayer • (1976) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1977) Ross Case / Geoff Masters • (1978) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1979) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1980) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1981) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1982) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1983) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1984) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1985) Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy • (1986) Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander • (1987) Ken Flach / Robert Seguso • (1988) Ken Flach / Robert Seguso • (1989) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1990) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) John McEnroe / Michael Stich • (1993) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1994) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1995) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1996) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1998) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1999) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2000) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (2001) Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer • (2002) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2003) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2004) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2005) Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie • (2006) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2007) Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra • (2008) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2009) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2010) Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner • (2011) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

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Brian Gottfried

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Tennis career

Junior & college

Professional career

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam singles finals (51)

Titles (25)

Runner-ups (26)

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam doubles finals (95)

Titles (54)

Runner-ups (41)

Davis Cup

Halls of Fame & awards

Life after playing career

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Brian Gottfried

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Contents

Tennis career

Junior & college

Professional career

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam singles finals (51)

Titles (25)

Runner-ups (26)

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam doubles finals (95)

Titles (54)

Runner-ups (41)

Davis Cup

Halls of Fame & awards

Life after playing career

See also