Points won by each set: | 38-35, 31-20, 55-43 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
28 % Borg – 32 of 112
20 % Nastase – 22 of 108
The 20-year-old Borg [4] saved three break points at *0:3 in the 1st set, he squandered a match point serving at 5:4 in the 3rd set (already led 5:3, 30-all). For thew 30-year-old Nastase [7], the year 1976 meant his end in the tennis elite. It was his 5th and last major final (record: 2-3).
Borg’s route to his first Wimbledon title (not dropping a set!):
1 John Lloyd 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
2 Marty Riessen 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
3 Colin Dibley 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
4 Brian Gottfried 6-2, 6-2, 7-5
Q Guillermo Vilas 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
S Roscoe Tanner 6-4, 9-8(2), 6-4
W Ilie Nastase 6-4, 6-2, 9-7
Points won by each set: | 38-35, 31-20, 55-43 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
28 % Borg – 32 of 112
20 % Nastase – 22 of 108
The 20-year-old Borg [4] saved three break points at *0:3 in the 1st set, he squandered a match point serving at 5:4 in the 3rd set (already led 5:3, 30-all). For thew 30-year-old Nastase [7], the year 1976 meant his end in the tennis elite. It was his 5th and last major final (record: 2-3).
Borg’s route to his first Wimbledon title (not dropping a set!):
1 John Lloyd 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
2 Marty Riessen 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
3 Colin Dibley 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
4 Brian Gottfried 6-2, 6-2, 7-5
Q Guillermo Vilas 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
S Roscoe Tanner 6-4, 9-8(2), 6-4
W Ilie Nastase 6-4, 6-2, 9-7