Bjorn Borg #1 def. John McEnroe #3

6-3 6-3

Bjorn Borg defeated John McEnroe 6-3 6-3 in the 1979 Canadian Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 20, 1979*
Tournament: Canadian Open
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	John McEnroe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 16, 1959
Age	23	20
Height	180 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,430	2,271
Current career W-L	617–141	835–191
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #1 2 – 3 John McEnroe #3

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Lendl #35	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1979	SF
Gene Mayer #14	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1979	QF
Yannick Noah #40	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1979	R16
Ivan Molina #82	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 1979	R32
Bruce Manson #93	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 15, 1979	R64

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vitas Gerulaitis #6	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1979	SF
Wojtek Fibak #15	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1979	QF
Tomas Smid #34	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1979	R16
Jan Kodes #67	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 1979	R32
Jiri Hrebec	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 15, 1979	R64