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Bjorn Borg#1 def. Gene Mayer#14

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date Aug 19, 1979*
Tournament Montreal / Toronto
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Bjorn Borg
Score6-4 6-1
Loser Gene Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldBjorn BorgGene Mayer
Country SWE USA
Birth dateJun 6, 1956Apr 11, 1956
Age2323
Height180183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)114
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,3891,949
Career W-L608–143311–159
Career earnings$3,655,751$1,382,422
Pre-match H2H
Bjorn Borg 3 0 Gene Mayer

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 18, 1979R16 Yannick Noah 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 16, 1979R32 Ivan Molina 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 15, 1979R64 Bruce Manson 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Bjorn Borg's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 19, 1979SF Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data

Gene Mayer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 18, 1979R16 Brian Teacher 3-6 6-3 7-6WH2HMatch data
Aug 16, 1979R32 Ross Case 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Aug 15, 1979R64 Dale Power 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data