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Bjorn Borg #2 def. Roscoe Tanner #9

7-6 6-3 6-7 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1981*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-6 6-3 6-7 7-6
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Roscoe Tanner
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Oct 15, 1951
Age	25	29
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,370	1,959
Career W-L	608–143	595–298
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 11 – 4 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Yannick Noah	6-7 6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	David Carter	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	Larry Stefanki	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Markus Gunthardt	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1981	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Guillermo Vilas	6-4 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	Chris Mayotte	7-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	Chris Delaney	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Craig Edwards	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data