QF Wimbledon 1978

Bjorn Borg #3 def. Sandy Mayer #10

7-5 6-4 6-3

Bjorn Borg defeated Sandy Mayer 7-5 6-4 6-3 in the 1978 Wimbledon quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 7, 1978*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1978
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Sandy Mayer
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Apr 5, 1952
Age	22	26
Height	180 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	10
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,436	2,038
Current career W-L	617–141	371–205
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,057,783

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #3 1 – 1 Sandy Mayer #10

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Geoff Masters #73	6-2 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1978	R16
Jaime Fillol #24	6-4 6-2 6-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1978	R32
Peter Mcnamara	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jun 30, 1978	R64
Victor Amaya #45	8-9 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1978	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

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

Sandy Mayer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Wojtek Fibak #17	6-4 6-2 6-8 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1978	R16
Marty Riessen #79	8-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1978	R32
Mark Edmondson	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1978	R64
Tomas Smid #32	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1978	R128