Bjorn Borg #2 def. Guillermo Vilas #3

6-1 6-1 6-3

Bjorn Borg defeated Guillermo Vilas 6-1 6-1 6-3 in the 1978 Roland Garros final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 12, 1978*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1978
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Guillermo Vilas
Country	SWE	ARG
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Aug 17, 1952
Age	22	25
Height	180 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,414	2,334
Current career W-L	617–141	890–283
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #2 12 – 4 Guillermo Vilas #3

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Corrado Barazzutti #10	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1978	SF
Raul Ramirez #8	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 9, 1978	QF
Roscoe Tanner #11	6-2 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1978	R16
Paolo Bertolucci #47	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 1978	R32
Rick Fagel	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 1978	R64
Eric Deblicker #72	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1978	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dick Stockton #16	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1978	SF
Hans Gildemeister	6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data	Jun 9, 1978	QF
Arthur Ashe #27	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1978	R16
Yannick Noah #96	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 1978	R32
Billy Martin #69	6-2 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 1978	R64
Onny Parun	6-0 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1978	R128