Points won by each set: | 28-15, 27-16, 29-18 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
7 % Borg – 5 of 68
4 % Vilas – 3 of 65

Déjà vu – just like three years before, Borg deals better with long rallies than Vilas in the French Open final (6-2, 6-3, 6-4 in 1975). The match lasted 1 hour 49 minutes (14 minutes longer than their previous Parisian final). An 86-stroke rally occurres at 1:0 (deuce) for Borg in the 2nd set – Vilas makes a FH error.

Borg’s phenomenal route to his 36th title (lost only 32 games!):
1 Eric Deblicker 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
2 Rick Fagel 6-0, 6-1, 6-0
3 Paolo Bertolucci 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
4 Roscoe Tanner 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(5)
Q Raul Ramirez 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
S Corrado Barazzutti 6-0, 6-1, 6-0
W Guillermo Vilas 6-1, 6-1, 6-3