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B. Borg#1 def. J. Connors#2

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 5, 1979*
Tournament	Tokyo Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	J. Connors
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Sep 2, 1952
Age	23	27
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,349	2,304
Career W-L	608–143	1,262–294
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 8 – 8 J. Connors

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1979	SF	J. Sadri	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1979	QF	Bob Lutz	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Nov 3, 1979	R16	B. Scanlon	2-6 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1979	R32	V. Amaya	6-7 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1979	SF	V. Gerulaitis	6-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1979	QF	Tim Gullikson	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Nov 3, 1979	R16	P. Feigl	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1979	R32	R. Frawley	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data