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B. Borg#2 def. H. Gunthardt#57

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	H. Gunthardt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	H. Gunthardt
Country	SWE	SUI
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 8, 1959
Age	22	19
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	57
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,391	1,723
Career W-L	608–143	225–189
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,550,007

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 1 – 0 H. Gunthardt

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	B. Hewitt	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	B. Mitton	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

H. Gunthardt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	G. Masters	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data