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Bjorn Borg#1 def. Roscoe Tanner#5

6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Roscoe Tanner
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Oct 15, 1951
Age	23	27
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,373	2,158
Career W-L	608–143	595–298
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 8 – 3 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1979	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1979	QF	Tom Okker	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Brian Teacher	6-4 5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Vijay Amritraj	2-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Tom Gorman	3-6 6-4 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1979	SF	Pat Dupre	6-3 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1979	QF	Tim Gullikson	6-1 6-4 6-7 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Jose Luis Clerc	6-7 7-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Ross Case	6-4 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Peter Mcnamara	6-1 7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Van Winitsky	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data