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B. Borg #1 def. A. Gimenez #95

6-0 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 21, 1979*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-0 4-6 6-1
Loser	A. Gimenez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	A. Gimenez
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Oct 10, 1955
Age	23	23
Height	180	163
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	95
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,366	1,566
Career W-L	608–143	86–106
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$283

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 0 – 0 A. Gimenez

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1979	R32	A. Munoz	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1979	QF	P. Hjertquist	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Gimenez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1979	R32	V. Amaya	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data