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R. Laver#7 def. B. Borg#12

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 1974*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	R. Laver
Score	7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	B. Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	B. Borg
Country	AUS	SWE
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jun 6, 1956
Age	35	17
Height	175	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,112	1,994
Career W-L	576–147	608–143
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 1 – 1 B. Borg

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	SF	O. Parun	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	C. Dibley	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1974	R16	T. Edlefsen	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	A. Munoz	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	SF	E. Dibbs	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	G. Vilas	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1974	R16	H. Solomon	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Tito Vazquez	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data