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Bjorn Borg #3 def. Rolf Gehring #120

6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Nov 4, 1977*
Tournament	Cologne
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-2 6-0
Loser	Rolf Gehring

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Rolf Gehring
Country	SWE	GER
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Nov 25, 1955
Age	21	21
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	120
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,380	1,615
Career W-L	608–143	113–130
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$355,057

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 0 – 0 Rolf Gehring

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1977	R32	Kjell Johansson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1977	QF	Billy Martin	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rolf Gehring's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1977	R32	Stanislav Birner	2-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data