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Bjorn Borg #1 def. John McEnroe #2

1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1980*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	John McEnroe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 16, 1959
Age	24	21
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,484	2,270
Career W-L	608–143	833–189
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 4 – 3 John McEnroe

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1980	SF	Brian Gottfried	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1980	QF	Gene Mayer	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Balazs Taroczy	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Rod Frawley	6-4 6-7 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Shlomo Glickstein	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1980	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1980	QF	Peter Fleming	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Kevin Curren	7-5 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Tom Okker	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Terry Rocavert	4-6 7-5 6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Butch Walts	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data