SF Wimbledon 1980

Bjorn Borg #1 def. Brian Gottfried #27

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

Bjorn Borg defeated Brian Gottfried 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the 1980 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 6, 1980*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1980
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Brian Gottfried
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jan 27, 1952
Age	24	28
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	27
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,545	2,070
Current career W-L	617–141	690–321
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,782,514

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #1 8 – 3 Brian Gottfried #27

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gene Mayer #7	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1980	QF
Balazs Taroczy #34	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1980	R16
Rod Frawley #56	6-4 6-7 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1980	R32
Shlomo Glickstein #82	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1980	R64
Ismail El Shafei	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jun 25, 1980	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John McEnroe #2	1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1980	F

Brian Gottfried's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Wojtek Fibak #16	6-4 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1980	QF
Phil Dent #35	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1980	R16
Stan Smith	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1980	R32
Chris Lewis #58	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1980	R64
Chris Kachel	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1980	R128