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Bjorn Borg #1 def. Ivan Lendl #4

6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1981*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Ivan Lendl
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Mar 7, 1960
Age	25	21
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,324	2,232
Career W-L	608–143	1,051–229
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 3 – 2 Ivan Lendl

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1981	SF	Victor Pecci	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1981	QF	Balazs Taroczy	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Terry Moor	6-0 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Paul Torre	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Cassio Motta	6-1 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	Jose Lopez Maeso	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1981	SF	Jose Luis Clerc	3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1981	QF	John McEnroe	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Peter Mcnamara	6-2 4-6 7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Eduardo Bengoechea	6-2 6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Andres Gomez	6-2 3-6 2-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	John Fitzgerald	7-5 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data