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Bjorn Borg#3 def. Eric Deblicker#72

5-7 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 25, 1978*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	5-7 6-2 6-0
Loser	Eric Deblicker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Eric Deblicker
Country	SWE	FRA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Apr 17, 1952
Age	21	26
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	72
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,268	1,706
Career W-L	608–143	66–89
Career earnings	$3,655,751	—

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 0 – 0 Eric Deblicker

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Ricardo Ycaza	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Eric Deblicker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Roberto Lombardi	6-2 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data