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Rod Laver#9 def. Bjorn Borg#16

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date Apr 13, 1974*
Tournament Tokyo Wct
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundSF
Winner Rod Laver
Score6-3 7-5
Loser Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverBjorn Borg
Country AUS SWE
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Jun 6, 1956
Age3517
Height175180
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)916
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,0871,972
Career W-L576–147608–143
Career earnings$1,565,413$3,655,751
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 0 1 Bjorn Borg

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 13, 1974QF Raymond Moore 6-3 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Apr 12, 1974R16 Fred Stolle 6-2 4-6 6-2WH2HMatch data
Apr 11, 1974R32 Antonio Munoz 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 14, 1974F Juan Gisbert 5-7 6-2 6-0WMatch data

Bjorn Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 13, 1974QF Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Apr 12, 1974R16 Tito Vazquez 6-2 6-1WMatch data
Apr 11, 1974R32 Harold Solomon 1-6 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data