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B. Borg#2 def. G. Vilas#3

6-1 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 12, 1978*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-1 6-1 6-3
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	G. Vilas
Country	SWE	ARG
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Aug 17, 1952
Age	22	25
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,326	2,307
Career W-L	608–143	898–282
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 12 – 4 G. Vilas

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 1978	SF	C. Barazzutti	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1978	QF	R. Ramirez	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1978	R16	R. Tanner	6-2 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1978	R32	P. Bertolucci	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1978	R64	R. Fagel	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R128	E. Deblicker	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 1978	SF	D. Stockton	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1978	QF	Hans Gildemeister	6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 7, 1978	R16	A. Ashe	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1978	R32	Y. Noah	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1978	R64	B. Martin	6-2 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R128	O. Parun	6-0 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data