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B. Borg#3 def. Stan Smith#24

7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date Mar 26, 1976*
Tournament Palm Springs
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner B. Borg
Score7-6 7-5
Loser Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldB. BorgStan Smith
Country SWE USA
Birth dateJun 6, 1956Dec 14, 1946
Age1929
Height180
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)324
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,1461,927
Career W-L608–143
Career earnings$3,655,751$1,774,811
Pre-match H2H
B. Borg 2 2 Stan Smith

Path

B. Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 25, 1976R32 I. Tiriac 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 24, 1976R64 G. Hardie 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data

B. Borg's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 27, 1976QF R. Laver 6-2 6-7 7-6WH2HMatch data

Stan Smith's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 25, 1976R32 C. Pasarell 6-3 3-6 6-2WMatch data
Mar 24, 1976R64 M. Cahill 6-4 7-5WMatch data