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Bjorn Borg #1 def. Gene Mayer #7

7-5 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1980*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-5 6-3 7-5
Loser	Gene Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Gene Mayer
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Apr 11, 1956
Age	24	24
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,476	2,076
Career W-L	608–143	311–159
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 5 – 0 Gene Mayer

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

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

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Colin Dibley	3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Adriano Panatta	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Andrew Jarrett	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Chris Johnstone	6-3 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data