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John McEnroe #6 def. Bjorn Borg #2

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 11, 1978*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 6, 1956
Age	19	22
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,064	2,380
Career W-L	833–189	608–143
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 Bjorn Borg

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 11, 1978	QF	Tom Okker	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1978	R16	Jan Kodes	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 9, 1978	R32	Stefan Simonsson	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1978	R64	Per Larsson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1978	F	Tim Gullikson	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 11, 1978	QF	Peter Fleming	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1978	R16	Ilie Nastase	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 9, 1978	R32	Bernie Mitton	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1978	R64	John Austin	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data