- Born
- Birth nameBjörn Rune Borg
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Bjorn Borg is one of the greatest players in tennis history. Perhaps the greatest player of the open era in tennis. He is the 1st of two men to have won Wimbledon 5 straight years in the modern era; the 2nd being Roger Federer. He also won the French Open 6 times for a total of 11 major titles, the second highest of the open era and the third highest of all time next to Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Roy Emerson who had 14,14 and 12 respectively. Of course Federer is still active and can add more majors to his record. The major difference is that Borg, except for a short comeback in the 1990s retired basically at the age of 25 while Sampras played into his thirties and Emerson played into his forties.
Borg is estimated to have won about 100 tournaments in his very short career. He is the only man to have won the double of the French Open on red clay and Wimbledon on grass three years in a row.
Borg was a baseline machine with precise passing shots that discouraged many a net rusher. Borg also was able to great versatility in that he was able to serve and volley to win Wimbledon five years in a row, a modern era record also held by Roger Federer.
His rivalries with John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors are legendary. The match with John McEnroe in the 1980 Wimbledon final was perhaps the finest tennis match ever played. Certainly the fourth set tie-break in which each player fought off match points and set points respectively was perhaps the most famous tie-break of all time. Borg won that match 8-6 in the fifth set. Arguably the greatest player of all time.- IMDb Mini Biography By: pachin - Björn Borg is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player considered one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
Between 1974 and 1981 he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles (six at the French Open and five consecutive at Wimbledon), although he was never able to win the US Open in four finals appearances. He also won three year-end championships and 16 Grand Prix Super Series titles. Overall, he set numerous records that still stand. Borg was the first player to win six French Open singles titles. He is considered to have been the No. 1 player in the world for 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.
A teenage sensation at the start of his career, Borg's unprecedented stardom and consistent success helped propel the rising popularity of tennis during the 1970s. In 1979 he was the first player to earn more than one million dollars in prize money in a single season. The constant attention and pressure caused burnout and his retirement at the age of 26.
Borg was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
In 2017, a biographical sports drama film Borg vs. McEnroe (2017) was made focusing on the famous rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpousesPatricia Östfeldt(June 8, 2002 - present) (1 child)Loredana Bertè(September 4, 1989 - 1993) (divorced)Mariana Simionescu(July 24, 1980 - December 1985) (divorced)
- Long Hair and Headband
- Stolid Court Demeanor
- Borg holds the record for the most consecutive wins, in total, five in Wimbledon: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 & 1980. He shares the record with Roger Federer.
- Voted Swedish Sportsman of the 1900s in Sweden.
- His son Leo Borg played a young Björn Borg in the film Borg vs. McEnroe (2017).
- No siblings.
- Born same day as Sweden's national day, 6 June.
- I was probably the only guy ever who respected John McEnroe.
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