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Bjorn Borg #2 def. Jimmy Connors #3

6-2 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1981*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-2 7-5 6-4
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Jimmy Connors
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	29
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,374	2,182
Career W-L	608–143	1,262–294
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 14 – 8 Jimmy Connors

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1981	QF	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 6-3 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Yannick Noah	6-7 6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	David Carter	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	Larry Stefanki	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Markus Gunthardt	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1981	F	John McEnroe	6-4 2-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1981	QF	Eliot Teltscher	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Mike Cahill	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	Andres Gomez	6-7 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	Marko Ostoja	7-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	John Lloyd	6-0 6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data