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Bjorn Borg #8 def. Jan Kodes #13

7-6 6-0 1-6 2-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 1974*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-6 6-0 1-6 2-6 7-6
Loser	Jan Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Jan Kodes
Country	SWE	CZE
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Mar 1, 1946
Age	18	28
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	13
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,099	1,968
Career W-L	608–143	465–274
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$693,197

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 1 – 1 Jan Kodes

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1974	QF	Marty Riessen	4-6 7-6 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R16	Belus Prajoux	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1974	R32	Marcello Lara	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1974	R64	Paul Sullivan	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	F	Tom Okker	7-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1974	QF	Arthur Ashe	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R16	Jun Kamiwazumi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1974	R32	Robert Rheinberger	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1974	R64	Haroon Rahim	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data