Bjorn Borg #3 def. Jimmy Connors #1

6-2 6-2 6-3

Bjorn Borg defeated Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-2 6-3 in the 1978 Wimbledon final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 10, 1978*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1978
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Jimmy Connors
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Sep 2, 1952
Age	22	25
Height	180 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,442	2,383
Current career W-L	617–141	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #3 4 – 7 Jimmy Connors #1

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tom Okker	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 9, 1978	SF
Sandy Mayer #10	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1978	QF
Geoff Masters #73	6-2 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1978	R16
Jaime Fillol #24	6-4 6-2 6-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1978	R32
Peter Mcnamara	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jun 30, 1978	R64
Victor Amaya #45	8-9 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1978	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vitas Gerulaitis #4	9-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 9, 1978	SF
Raul Ramirez #9	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1978	QF
John Alexander #19	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1978	R16
Tom Gorman #30	6-4 8-6 8-9 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1978	R32
Kim Warwick #36	6-3 7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1978	R64
Russell Simpson	7-5 9-8 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1978	R128