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Bjorn Borg #3 def. Cliff Drysdale #27

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 13, 1978*
Tournament	Birmingham Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Cliff Drysdale
Country	SWE	RSA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	May 26, 1941
Age	21	36
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	27
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,340	1,878
Career W-L	608–143	402–253
Career earnings	$3,655,751	—

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 1 – 0 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1978	R32	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1978	QF	Roscoe Tanner	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1978	R32	Dick Crealy	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data