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John McEnroe#2 def. B. Borg#1

7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1980*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4
Loser	B. Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	B. Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 6, 1956
Age	21	24
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,229	2,479
Career W-L	833–189	608–143
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 3 – 5 B. Borg

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1980	SF	J. Connors	6-4 5-7 0-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1980	QF	Ivan Lendl	4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1980	R16	P. Portes	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	R. Meyer	6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1980	R64	S. Krulevitz	7-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	C. Roger-Vasselin	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1980	SF	J. Kriek	4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1980	QF	R. Tanner	6-4 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1980	R16	Y. Noah	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	Peter Mcnamara	7-6 1-6 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 30, 1980	R64	J. Sadri	7-5 6-2 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	G. Aubone	6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data