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Bjorn Borg#1 def. Jimmy Connors#3

0-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1981*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	0-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 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	28
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,360	2,248
Career W-L	608–143	1,262–294
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 13 – 8 Jimmy Connors

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1981	QF	Peter Mcnamara	7-6 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 1, 1981	R16	Vitas Gerulaitis	7-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1981	R32	Rolf Gehring	6-4 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1981	R64	Mel Purcell	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1981	R128	Peter Rennert	7-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1981	F	John McEnroe	4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1981	QF	Vijay Amritraj	2-6 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1981	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1981	R32	Tony Giammalva	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1981	R64	Chris Lewis	7-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1981	R128	Dick Stockton	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data