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B. Borg#2 def. R. Ramirez#8

6-7 6-4 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-7 6-4 6-4 6-0
Loser	R. Ramirez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	R. Ramirez
Country	SWE	MEX
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jun 20, 1953
Age	22	25
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,399	2,035
Career W-L	608–143	531–261
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,217,971

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 8 – 4 R. Ramirez

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	H. Solomon	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	B. Mitton	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	H. Gunthardt	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	B. Hewitt	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1978	SF	V. Gerulaitis	6-3 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

R. Ramirez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	A. Ashe	6-4 4-6 3-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	John Lloyd	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	D. Carter	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	J. Alexander	3-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data