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B. Borg#3 def. R. Tanner#12

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 2, 1977*
Tournament	World Invitational Classic
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	R. Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	R. Tanner
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Oct 15, 1951
Age	21	25
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,339	1,897
Career W-L	608–143	595–298
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 2 – 2 R. Tanner

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1977	SF	J. Newcombe	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1977	SF	V. Gerulaitis	6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data