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Bjorn Borg#4 def. Ilie Nastase#7

6-4 6-2 9-7

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1976*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-4 6-2 9-7
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Ilie Nastase
Country	SWE	ROU
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 19, 1946
Age	20	29
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,213	2,231
Career W-L	608–143	859–331
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 3 – 7 Ilie Nastase

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1976	SF	Roscoe Tanner	6-4 9-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1976	QF	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1976	R16	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1976	R32	Colin Dibley	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1976	R64	Marty Riessen	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1976	R128	David Lloyd	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1976	SF	Raul Ramirez	6-2 9-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1976	QF	Charlie Pasarell	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1976	R16	Onny Parun	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1976	R32	Kim Warwick	8-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1976	R64	Zeljko Franulovic	6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1976	R128	Nicola Spear	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data