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B. Borg#2 def. A. Ashe#10

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 1976*
Tournament	World Invitational Classic
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	A. Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	A. Ashe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 10, 1943
Age	20	33
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,311	2,018
Career W-L	608–143	800–258
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 7 – 8 A. Ashe

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1976	SF	R. Laver	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1976	SF	I. Nastase	4-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data