John McEnroe #6 def. Bjorn Borg #2

6-3 6-4

John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg 6-3 6-4 in the 1978 Stockholm Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 11, 1978*
Tournament: Stockholm Open
Edition: 1978
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 6, 1956
Age	19	22
Height	180 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,067	2,438
Current career W-L	835–191	617–141
Current career earnings	$12,552,132	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe #6 0 – 0 Bjorn Borg #2

Path

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tom Okker #47	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 11, 1978	QF
Jan Kodes #97	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 10, 1978	R16
Stefan Simonsson	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1978	R32
Per Larsson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 8, 1978	R64

John McEnroe's next match

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

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Peter Fleming #31	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 11, 1978	QF
Ilie Nastase #13	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 10, 1978	R16
Bernie Mitton #64	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1978	R32
John Austin	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data	Nov 8, 1978	R64