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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Jimmy Connors#1

6-2 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 8, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-2 6-3 6-2
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Jimmy Connors
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Sep 2, 1952
Age	23	26
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,351	2,317
Career W-L	608–143	1,262–294
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 7 – 8 Jimmy Connors

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1979	QF	Tom Okker	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Brian Teacher	6-4 5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Vijay Amritraj	2-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Tom Gorman	3-6 6-4 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1979	F	Roscoe Tanner	6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1979	QF	Bill Scanlon	6-3 4-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Mark Cox	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Johan Kriek	6-4 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Marty Riessen	6-7 6-3 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Jean Francois Caujolle	6-2 6-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data