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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Ilie Nastase#4

6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1976*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Ilie Nastase
Country	SWE	ROU
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 19, 1946
Age	20	30
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,308	2,260
Career W-L	608–143	859–331
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 4 – 7 Ilie Nastase

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1976	QF	Manuel Orantes	4-6 6-0 6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	Brian Gottfried	6-7 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	John Lloyd	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	Jaime Fillol	4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	Cliff Letcher	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1976	F	Jimmy Connors	6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1976	QF	Dick Stockton	4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	Roscoe Tanner	7-5 6-7 1-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	Marty Riessen	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	Hans Jurgen Pohmann	7-6 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	Onny Parun	(def.)	W	H2H	Match data