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Bjorn Borg#3 def. Jimmy Connors#1

6-2 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 10, 1978*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-2 6-2 6-3
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Jimmy Connors
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Sep 2, 1952
Age	22	25
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,363	2,347
Career W-L	608–143	1,262–294
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 4 – 7 Jimmy Connors

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1978	SF	Tom Okker	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1978	QF	Sandy Mayer	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Geoff Masters	6-2 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-2 6-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Peter Mcnamara	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Victor Amaya	8-9 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1978	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	9-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1978	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	John Alexander	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Tom Gorman	6-4 8-6 8-9 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Kim Warwick	6-3 7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Russell Simpson	7-5 9-8 6-1	W	H2H	Match data