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John McEnroe #1 def. Bjorn Borg #2

4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 15, 1981*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 6, 1956
Age	22	25
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,330	2,386
Career W-L	833–189	608–143
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 6 – 7 Bjorn Borg

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1981	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	5-7 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1981	QF	Ramesh Krishnan	6-7 7-6 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Kevin Curren	7-5 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	Pat Dupre	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	Tom Gullikson	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Juan Nunez	6-7 6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1981	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1981	QF	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 6-3 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Yannick Noah	6-7 6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	David Carter	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	Larry Stefanki	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Markus Gunthardt	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data