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Bjorn Borg #11 def. Guillermo Vilas #32

2-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1974*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	2-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5
Loser	Guillermo Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Guillermo Vilas
Country	SWE	ARG
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Aug 17, 1952
Age	17	21
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	32
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,020	1,865
Career W-L	608–143	898–282
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 2 – 1 Guillermo Vilas

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	QF	Manuel Orantes	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1974	R16	Marty Riessen	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1974	R32	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-7 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 28, 1974	R64	Patrice Dominguez	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1974	F	Ilie Nastase	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	QF	Steve Krulevitz	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1974	R16	Karl Meiler	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1974	R32	Dick Crealy	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1974	R64	Victor Pecci	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data