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Roy Emerson #18 def. Bjorn 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	Roy Emerson
Score	5-7 6-1 6-4
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roy Emerson	Bjorn 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

Roy Emerson 0 – 0 Bjorn Borg

Path

Roy Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	SF	Arthur Ashe	5-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	QF	Roscoe 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	Tom Edlefsen	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roy Emerson's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	SF	Raymond Moore	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1973	QF	Tom Gorman	6-4 5-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1973	R16	Vladimir Zednik	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1973	R32	Milan Holecek	3-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data