Points won by each set: | 29-32, 29-23, 34-28, 30-21 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
30 % McEnroe – 35 of 113
21 % Borg – 24 of 113
The last Grand Slam final played with wooden racquets on both sides of the court… Borg led 4:2* in the 3rd set; the following game McEnroe won with four volley winners (2 FH, 2 BH), then he broke notching another four winners (2 BH passing-shots, 2 FH lobs). It was Borg’s last match at Slams… The 25-year-old Swede at the time, for the 9th time failed an attempt to conquer New York at Flushing Meadows…
< he lost four finals: 1976 and 78 to Connors, 1980-81 to McEnroe >
McEnroe’s route to his fourth major title:
1 Juan Nunez 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
2 Tom Gullikson 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
3 Pat DuPre 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
4 Kevin Curren 7-5, 6-0, 6-1
Q Ramesh Krishnan 6-7(10), 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-2
S Vitas Gerulaitis 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
W Bjorn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
# Fastest serves at the Us Open ’81: Roscoe Tanner (119 mph – 191 kmh), Bjorn Borg (115 mph – 185 kmh)
Points won by each set: | 29-32, 29-23, 34-28, 30-21 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
30 % McEnroe – 35 of 113
21 % Borg – 24 of 113
The last Grand Slam final played with wooden racquets on both sides of the court… Borg led 4:2* in the 3rd set; the following game McEnroe won with four volley winners (2 FH, 2 BH), then he broke notching another four winners (2 BH passing-shots, 2 FH lobs). It was Borg’s last match at Slams… The 25-year-old Swede at the time, for the 9th time failed an attempt to conquer New York at Flushing Meadows…
< he lost four finals: 1976 and 78 to Connors, 1980-81 to McEnroe >
McEnroe’s route to his fourth major title:
1 Juan Nunez 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
2 Tom Gullikson 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
3 Pat DuPre 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
4 Kevin Curren 7-5, 6-0, 6-1
Q Ramesh Krishnan 6-7(10), 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-2
S Vitas Gerulaitis 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
W Bjorn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
# Fastest serves at the Us Open ’81: Roscoe Tanner (119 mph – 191 kmh), Bjorn Borg (115 mph – 185 kmh)