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R. Tanner#4 def. B. Borg#1

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6
Loser	B. Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	B. Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Jun 6, 1956
Age	27	23
Height	183	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,115	2,406
Career W-L	595–298	608–143
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 3 – 9 B. Borg

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	N. Saviano	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	Ivan Lendl	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	J. Marks	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1979	SF	V. Gerulaitis	6-3 6-2 6-7 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	D. Stockton	6-4 1-6 7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	J. Fillol	6-0 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	D. Carter	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	M. Mitchell	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data