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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Hans Gildemeister

6-4 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1979*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-4 6-1 7-5
Loser	Hans Gildemeister

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Hans Gildemeister
Country	SWE	CHI
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 9, 1956
Age	23	23
Height	180	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,312	1,853
Career W-L	608–143	—
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$740,858

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 0 – 0 Hans Gildemeister

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1979	R16	Gilles Moretton	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1979	R32	Raymond Moore	6-3 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1979	R64	Tom Gullikson	6-3 7-6 5-7 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 30, 1979	R128	Tomas Smid	6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1979	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-2 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Hans Gildemeister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1979	R32	Louk Sanders	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 1, 1979	R64	Bill Scanlon	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 30, 1979	R128	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-4 7-6	W	—	Match data