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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Bjorn Borg#2

6-4 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-2 6-2
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 6, 1956
Age	26	22
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,378	2,418
Career W-L	1,262–294	608–143
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 7 – 5 Bjorn Borg

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1978	SF	John McEnroe	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1978	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-2 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Adriano Panatta	4-6 6-4 6-1 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Pat Dupre	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Steve Docherty	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Tom Gullikson	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1978	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-3 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1978	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-7 6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Bernie Mitton	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Bob Hewitt	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data