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Paul Gerken def. Bjorn Borg

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1973*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Paul Gerken
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Gerken	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Mar 15, 1950	Jun 6, 1956
Age	23	16
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,741	1,656
Career W-L	124–129	608–143
Career earnings	—	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Paul Gerken 0 – 0 Bjorn Borg

Path

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1973	R64	Vincenzo Franchitti	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Gerken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1973	R16	Juan Gisbert	6-1 6-7 6-2	L	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's path

No prior matches in this tournament.