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Record Crowd Sees Borg Rally To Win
Defending champion Bjorn Borg, and top contenders Jimmy Connors and Vitas Gerulaitis advanced to the Wimbledon second round as opening day featured rain and a record crowd of 29,986. Borg survived a five setter against Victor Amaya, Connors edged Russell Simpson in a lengthy match, and Gerulaitis defeated Heinz Gunthardt.
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Peter J. Shaw
Wimbledon
England
UPI
Bjorn Borg
Jimmy Connors
Vitas Gerulaitis
All-England
Virginia Wade
Britain
Sweden
Elizabeth Ekblom
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Stan Smith
Brian Gottfried
John Lloyd
Gottfried
America
Julie Anthony
Martina Navratilova
Belgium
Michele Gardal
Billie Jean King
Onny Parun
Tom Okker
Phil Dent
Tony Roche
Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura
United States
Borg
Victor Amaya
Connors
Russell Simpson
New Zealand
Gerulaitis
Switzerland
Heinz Gunthardt