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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Vitas Gerulaitis#8

6-4 3-6 6-3 3-6 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1977*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3 3-6 8-6
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 26, 1954
Age	21	22
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,327	2,183
Career W-L	608–143	527–231
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 2 – 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Ilie Nastase	6-0 8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Wojtek Fibak	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Nikola Pilic	9-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Mark Edmondson	3-6 7-9 6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Antonio Zugarelli	6-4 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1977	F	Jimmy Connors	3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Billy Martin	6-2 8-9 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Dick Stockton	6-1 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Jonathan Smith	6-3 8-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Gene Mayer	6-3 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Tom Gorman	6-1 9-8 6-3	W	H2H	Match data