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B. Borg#2 def. J. James#97

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1977*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	B. Borg
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	J. James

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	J. James
Country	SWE	AUS
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Mar 7, 1951
Age	21	26
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	97
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,364	1,644
Career W-L	608–143	98–144
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$212

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 0 – 1 J. James

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	T. Waltke	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	O. Parun	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. James's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	V. Pecci	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data