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B. Borg#2 def. G. Vilas#3

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 4, 1979*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	G. Vilas
Country	SWE	ARG
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Aug 17, 1952
Age	22	26
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,343	2,198
Career W-L	608–143	898–282
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 13 – 4 G. Vilas

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1979	SF	John McEnroe	4-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1979	QF	P. Dupre	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1979	R16	R. Simpson	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1979	R32	Erik Van Dillen	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

B. Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1979	SF	A. Ashe	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1979	QF	T. Wilkison	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1979	R16	B. Mottram	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1979	R32	A. Gimenez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data