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Bjorn Borg #3 def. Tom Okker #97

6-4 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date Jul 9, 1978*
Tournament Wimbledon
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
RoundSF
Winner Bjorn Borg
Score6-4 6-4 6-4
Loser Tom Okker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldBjorn BorgTom Okker
Country SWE NED
Birth dateJun 6, 1956Feb 22, 1944
Age2234
Height180177
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)397
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,3601,897
Career W-L608–143672–279
Career earnings$3,655,751$1,257,200
Pre-match H2H
Bjorn Borg 6 2 Tom Okker

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jul 7, 1978QF Sandy Mayer 7-5 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jul 5, 1978R16 Geoff Masters 6-2 6-4 8-6WH2HMatch data
Jul 2, 1978R32 Jaime Fillol 6-4 6-2 6-8 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jun 30, 1978R64 Peter Mcnamara 6-2 6-2 6-4WMatch data
Jun 28, 1978R128 Victor Amaya 8-9 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Bjorn Borg's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jul 10, 1978F Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data

Tom Okker's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jul 7, 1978QF Ilie Nastase 7-5 6-1 2-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jul 5, 1978R16 Tom Leonard 6-1 9-8 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jul 2, 1978R32 Guillermo Vilas 6-3 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 30, 1978R64 Yannick Noah 6-2 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 28, 1978R128 Onny Parun 6-8 6-3 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data