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Rod Laver#7 def. Bjorn Borg#12

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Bjorn 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

Rod Laver 1 – 1 Bjorn Borg

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	SF	Onny Parun	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	Colin Dibley	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1974	R16	Tom Edlefsen	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Antonio Munoz	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver'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
Apr 20, 1974	SF	Eddie Dibbs	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	Guillermo Vilas	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1974	R16	Harold Solomon	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Tito Vazquez	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data