Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

R. Emerson#18 def. B. Borg#31

5-7 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 1973*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	R. Emerson
Score	5-7 6-1 6-4
Loser	B. Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Emerson	B. Borg
Country	AUS	SWE
Birth date	Nov 3, 1936	Jun 6, 1956
Age	36	17
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	31
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,918	1,850
Career W-L	275–174	608–143
Career earnings	—	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

R. Emerson 0 – 0 B. Borg

Path

R. Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	SF	A. Ashe	5-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	QF	R. Tanner	5-7 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1973	R16	Jeff Austin	6-4 6-7 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 27, 1973	R32	T. Edlefsen	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Emerson's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	SF	R. Moore	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	QF	T. Gorman	6-4 5-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1973	R16	V. Zednik	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1973	R32	M. Holecek	3-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data