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Bjorn Borg#3 def. Sandy Mayer#10

7-5 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1978*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	7-5 6-4 6-3
Loser	Sandy Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Sandy Mayer
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Apr 5, 1952
Age	22	26
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,353	2,036
Career W-L	608–143	372–206
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,057,783

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 1 – 1 Sandy Mayer

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Geoff Masters	6-2 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-2 6-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Peter Mcnamara	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Victor Amaya	8-9 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1978	SF	Tom Okker	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sandy Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-4 6-2 6-8 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Marty Riessen	8-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Mark Edmondson	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Tomas Smid	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data