Bjorn Borg #2 def. Victor Pecci #16

6-3 6-1 6-7 6-4

Bjorn Borg defeated Victor Pecci 6-3 6-1 6-7 6-4 in the 1979 Roland Garros final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 11, 1979*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1979
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Victor Pecci
Country	SWE	PAR
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Oct 15, 1955
Age	23	23
Height	180 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,378	2,005
Current career W-L	617–141	354–244
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$994,678

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #2 4 – 0 Victor Pecci #16

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vitas Gerulaitis #4	6-2 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 1979	SF
Hans Gildemeister	6-4 6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data	Jun 8, 1979	QF
Gilles Moretton	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1979	R16
Raymond Moore #94	6-3 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 3, 1979	R32
Tom Gullikson	6-3 7-6 5-7 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jun 1, 1979	R64
Tomas Smid #43	6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 1979	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Victor Pecci's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors #1	7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 1979	SF
Guillermo Vilas #5	6-0 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 8, 1979	QF
Harold Solomon #8	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1979	R16
Corrado Barazzutti #16	7-5 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 3, 1979	R32
Pavel Slozil	6-3 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 1, 1979	R64
Francois Jauffret	6-7 6-4 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 1979	R128