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Bjorn Borg #2 def. John McEnroe #3

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 8, 1979*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	John McEnroe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 16, 1959
Age	22	20
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,287	2,214
Career W-L	608–143	833–189
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 1 – 2 John McEnroe

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1979	SF	Peter Fleming	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1979	QF	Johan Kriek	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1979	R16	Louk Sanders	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1979	R32	Mark Cox	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1979	SF	Vijay Amritraj	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1979	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1979	R16	Gene Mayer	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1979	R32	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data