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Bjorn Borg #5 def. Rod Laver #6

7-6(2) 3-6 5-7 7-6(2) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 12, 1975*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-6(2) 3-6 5-7 7-6(2) 6-2
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Rod Laver
Country	SWE	AUS
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Aug 9, 1938
Age	18	36
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,046	2,174
Career W-L	608–143	576–147
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 1 – 2 Rod Laver

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1975	QF	Raul Ramirez	7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1975	F	Arthur Ashe	6-3 4-6 4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1975	QF	Harold Solomon	4-6 6-0 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data