Björn Borg
- Borg's 62 career titles as listed on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) website places him fifth on that website's open era list behind Jimmy Connors (106), Ivan Lendl (94), John McEnroe (77), and Pete Sampras (64). He is tied with Guillermo Vilas.
- Borg retired with US$3.6 million in career prize money, a record at the time.
- According to the match scores listed on the ATP website, Borg bageled his opponents (sets won 6-0) 116 times from 1973 through 1981, compared to Roger Federer's 55 bagels from 1999 through the 2007 French Open.
- Borg was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 at only 30 years of age.
- In 1999, Borg was elected the best Swedish sportsman ever by a jury in his home country. His tennis rivals included a pair of top ranked players: Mats Wilander (who won seven Grand Slam titles) and Stefan Edberg (who won six).
- In their only career match-up, Borg defeated Wilander in September 1981 in the first round of a tournament in Geneva, Switzerland. The score was 6-1, 6-1. Geneva was the last tournament that Borg won during his career.
- Borg won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1974 and 1978, the latter being shared with alpine skier Ingemar Stenmark. They are the only men to have won this honor twice.
- Borg was well-known for his sleek signature line of Fila 'BJ' sportswear, particularly the pin-striped tennis shirts that became a trademark. Although Borg wore Fila throughout the world, he used different rackets and shoes for different parts of the world. In North America, he wore Tretorn sneakers and used a Bancroft Borg frame, while everywhere else it was the Donnay Allwood or Borg Pro, with Diadora Borg Elite shoes. There was superstition in what he wore, too. Borg always reverted to the traditional green pinstripe shirt for Wimbledon, no matter what other design he may have worn at the time.
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See also
- List of Swedish sportspeople
- World number one male tennis player rankings
- Tennis male players statistics
- List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions
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References
- Borg, Björn; Eugene L. Scott (1980). My Life and Game. ISBN 0283986638.
- John Barrett, editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London, from 1976 through 1983.
- Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946-2003, Paris, 2003. Sutter has attempted to list all tournaments meeting his criteria for selection beginning with 1946 and ending in the fall of 1991 . For each tournament, he has indicated the city, the date of the final, the winner, the runner-up, and the score of the final. A tournament is included in his list if: (1) the draw for the tournament included at least eight players (with a few exceptions, such as the Pepsi Grand Slam tournaments in the second half of the 1970s); and (2) the level of the tournaments was at least equal to the present day challenger tournaments. Sutter's book is probably the most exhaustive source of tennis tournament information since World War II, even though some professional tournaments held before the start of the open era are missing. Later, Sutter issued a second edition of his book, with only the players, their wins, and years for the 1946 through April 27, 2003, period.
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Notes
- ^ "Navratilova joins Laver and Borg on the shortlist (as voted for by . . . Navratilova)", Alastair Campbell, The Times, July 3, 2004
- ^ "When he was king", Tim Pears, The Observer, June 5, 2005
- ^ "Compare and contrast", Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated, September 23, 2002
- ^ "Borg still making the shots", Douglas Robson, USA Today, May 25, 2006
- ^ "Classic Matches: Borg v Gerulaitis", BBC Sport, May 31, 2004
- ^ "Bjorn Borg interview", The Observer, January 7, 2007
- ^ Borg to auction off Wimbledon trophies
- ^ "McEnroe fick Borg på andra tankar" (Swedish). DN Sport (2006-03-28).
- ^ Sports Personality: The winners
- ^ "Wimbledon Legends: Bjorn Borg", Wimbledon official website
- ^ "Strokes for Agassi: He belongs among the 10 greatest ever", Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, September 13, 2006
- ^ "Top Stars of Tennis", Bud Collins, MSNBC
- ^ [sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/flash/perfect]
- ^ Chris Evert owned Roland Garros like no other
- ^ Mark Hodgkinson (2007-10-25). Bjorn Borg: My life is perfect. The Telegraph. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
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External links
- ATP Tour profile for Björn Borg
- ITF profile for Björn Borg
- Davis Cup profile for Björn Borg
- International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
- Official Wimbledon website profile
- BBC profile
- tenniscorner.net profile
- The Tennis Channel: The Björn Borg Saga
- Björn Borg fashion company
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Further reading
- Scott, Eugene L.; Borg, Björn (1980). My Life and Game. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-41207-8.
- Borg, Björn (1975). The Björn Borg Story. Chicago: H. Regnery Co. ISBN 0-8092-8184-8.
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Video
- The Wimbledon Collection - Legends of Wimbledon - Bjorn Borg Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004, Run Time: 52 minutes, ASIN: B0002HODA4.
- The Wimbledon Collection - The Classic Match - Borg vs. McEnroe 1981 Final Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004, Run Time: 210 minutes, ASIN: B0002HODAE.
- The Wimbledon Collection - The Classic Match - Borg vs. McEnroe 1980 Final Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004, Run Time: 240 minutes; ASIN: B0002HOEK8.
- Wimbledon Classic Match: Gerulaitis vs Borg Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: October 31, 2006, Run Time: 180 minutes, ASIN: B000ICLR8O.
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Rolf Edling |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1974 |
Succeeded by Ingemar Stenmark |
| Preceded by Frank Andersson |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Ingemar Stenmark 1978 |
Succeeded by Malmö FF |
| Preceded by — |
ITF World Champion 1978-1980 |
Succeeded by John McEnroe |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors John McEnroe John McEnroe John McEnroe |
World No. 1 August 23, 1977 - August 29, 1977 April 9, 1979 - May 20, 1979 July 9, 1979 - March 2, 1980 March 24, 1980 - August 10, 1980 August 18, 1980 - July 5, 1981 July 20, 1981 - August 2, 1981 |
Succeeded by Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors John McEnroe John McEnroe John McEnroe John McEnroe |
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| NAME | Borg, Bjorn Rune |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Swedish tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm, Sweden |
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