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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Vijay Amritraj#30

2-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 29, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	2-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2
Loser	Vijay Amritraj

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Vijay Amritraj
Country	SWE	IND
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Dec 14, 1953
Age	23	25
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	30
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,341	1,852
Career W-L	608–143	390–294
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,331,913

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 2 – 1 Vijay Amritraj

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Tom Gorman	3-6 6-4 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Vijay Amritraj's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Mark Edmondson	6-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data