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B. Borg#3 def. V. Gerulaitis#4

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date Jan 14, 1978*
Tournament Birmingham Wct
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundSF
Winner B. Borg
Score6-4 7-6
Loser V. Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldB. BorgV. Gerulaitis
Country SWE USA
Birth dateJun 6, 1956Jul 26, 1954
Age2123
Height180183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)34
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,3442,137
Career W-L608–143527–231
Career earnings$3,655,751$2,778,748
Pre-match H2H
B. Borg 3 0 V. Gerulaitis

Path

B. Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 14, 1978QF R. Tanner 6-4 7-6WH2HMatch data
Jan 13, 1978R16 C. Drysdale 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 12, 1978R32 H. Solomon 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

B. Borg's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 15, 1978F D. Stockton 7-6 7-5WH2HMatch data

V. Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 14, 1978QF R. Ramirez 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 13, 1978R16 F. McMillan 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jan 12, 1978R32 M. Cox 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data