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John McEnroe#1 def. B. Borg#2

4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1981*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	4-6 7-6 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	25
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,300	2,377
Career W-L	833–189	608–143
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 5 – 7 B. Borg

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1981	SF	R. Frawley	7-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1981	QF	J. Kriek	6-1 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1981	R16	Stan Smith	7-5 3-6 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 28, 1981	R32	Bob Lutz	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jun 26, 1981	R64	R. Ramirez	6-3 6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1981	R128	Tom Gullikson	7-6 7-5 6-3	W	—	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
Jul 5, 1981	SF	J. Connors	0-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1981	QF	Peter Mcnamara	7-6 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 1, 1981	R16	V. Gerulaitis	7-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1981	R32	R. Gehring	6-4 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1981	R64	M. Purcell	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1981	R128	P. Rennert	7-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data