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B. Borg#2 def. J. Connors#1

3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1977*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	B. Borg
Score	3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	J. Connors
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Sep 2, 1952
Age	21	24
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,342	2,301
Career W-L	608–143	1,262–294
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 1 – 6 J. Connors

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1977	SF	V. Gerulaitis	6-4 3-6 6-3 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	I. Nastase	6-0 8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	W. Fibak	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	N. Pilic	9-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	M. Edmondson	3-6 7-9 6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	A. Zugarelli	6-4 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1977	SF	John McEnroe	6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	B. Bertram	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Stan Smith	7-9 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	C. Drysdale	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	M. Riessen	6-4 8-9 6-1 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	R. Lewis	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data