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Bjorn Borg#1 def. Balazs Taroczy#17

6-3 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 1981*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-3 6-3 6-2
Loser	Balazs Taroczy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Balazs Taroczy
Country	SWE	HUN
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	May 9, 1954
Age	24	27
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,307	1,991
Career W-L	608–143	381–228
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,437,443

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 5 – 0 Balazs Taroczy

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Terry Moor	6-0 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Paul Torre	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Cassio Motta	6-1 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	Jose Lopez Maeso	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1981	SF	Victor Pecci	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Balazs Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Thierry Tulasne	7-5 6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Ben Testerman	6-1 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Tomas Smid	7-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	Hank Pfister	6-3 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data