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Bjorn Borg #1 def. Brian Gottfried #27

6-2 4-6 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1980*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-0
Loser	Brian Gottfried

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Brian Gottfried
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jan 27, 1952
Age	24	28
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	27
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,480	2,068
Career W-L	608–143	695–322
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 8 – 3 Brian Gottfried

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1980	QF	Gene Mayer	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Balazs Taroczy	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Rod Frawley	6-4 6-7 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Shlomo Glickstein	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1980	F	John McEnroe	1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1980	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-4 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Phil Dent	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Stan Smith	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Chris Lewis	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Chris Kachel	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data