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B. Borg #1 def. P. Elter #81

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1979*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-4 7-6
Loser	P. Elter

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	P. Elter
Country	SWE	GER
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jun 10, 1958
Age	23	21
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	81
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,372	1,562
Career W-L	608–143	88–114
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$242,362

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 0 – 0 P. Elter

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	J. Fillol	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	QF	J. Kriek	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

P. Elter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	N. Saviano	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data