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Bjorn Borg #2 def. Dick Stockton #22

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1979*
Tournament	New Orleans
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Dick Stockton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Dick Stockton
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 18, 1951
Age	22	28
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	22
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,322	1,916
Career W-L	608–143	386–267
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,063,385

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 4 – 1 Dick Stockton

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	Gene Mayer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1979	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Dick Stockton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	Stan Smith	6-7 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data