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John McEnroe#2 def. B. Borg#1

7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 29, 1981*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-6 6-4
Loser	B. Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	B. Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 6, 1956
Age	22	24
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,241	2,351
Career W-L	833–189	608–143
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 4 – 7 B. Borg

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1981	SF	S. Mayer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1981	QF	V. Amritraj	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1981	R16	H. Gunthardt	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1981	R32	R. Ramirez	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1981	SF	G. Ocleppo	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1981	QF	Stan Smith	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data
Mar 27, 1981	R16	B. Scanlon	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1981	R32	T. Waltke	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data