Bjorn Borg #1 def. John McEnroe #2

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

Bjorn Borg defeated John McEnroe 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6 in the 1980 Wimbledon final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 7, 1980*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1980
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	John McEnroe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 16, 1959
Age	24	21
Height	180 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,548	2,284
Current career W-L	617–141	835–191
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #1 4 – 3 John McEnroe #2

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brian Gottfried #27	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1980	SF
Gene Mayer #7	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1980	QF
Balazs Taroczy #34	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1980	R16
Rod Frawley #56	6-4 6-7 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1980	R32
Shlomo Glickstein #82	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1980	R64
Ismail El Shafei	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jun 25, 1980	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors #3	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1980	SF
Peter Fleming #9	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1980	QF
Kevin Curren	7-5 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1980	R16
Tom Okker #60	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1980	R32
Terry Rocavert	4-6 7-5 6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1980	R64
Butch Walts #45	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1980	R128