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Bjorn Borg#2 def. Jimmy 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	Bjorn Borg
Score	3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 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	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

Bjorn Borg 1 – 6 Jimmy Connors

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1977	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-4 3-6 6-3 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Ilie Nastase	6-0 8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Wojtek Fibak	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Nikola Pilic	9-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Mark Edmondson	3-6 7-9 6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Antonio Zugarelli	6-4 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy 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	Byron 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	Cliff Drysdale	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Marty Riessen	6-4 8-9 6-1 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Richard Lewis	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data