Björn Borg career statistics

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This is a list of the main career statistics and records of professional tennis player Björn Borg.

Singles: 19 finals (15 titles, 4 runners-up)

Note: before the ATP took over running the men's professional tour in 1990 the Grand Prix Tour had a series of events that were precursors to the Masters Series known as the Grand Prix Tennis Championship Series.

Youngest to win

In 1972 Borg became the youngest winner of a Davis Cup match at age 15.

Borg won his 11th Grand Slam singles title in 1981 aged 25 years and 1 day, the youngest male to reach that number of titles. By comparison, Roger Federer won his 11th aged 25 years and 324 days; Pete Sampras won his 11th at almost age 27, Roy Emerson at age 30, and Rod Laver at age 31.

Miscellaneous

Borg's 64 official ATP 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 (110), Ivan Lendl (94), Roger Federer (89), John McEnroe (77), Rafael Nadal (69), Novak Djokovic (67), and tied with Pete Sampras.

In 1979, Borg became the first professional tennis player to earn more than one million dollars in prize money in a single season.

On the list of open era winning streaks, Borg is first and second (49 consecutive tour matches in 1978, 48 in 1979-1980). The only other men with winning streaks of at least 40 matches are Guillermo Vilas (46), Ivan Lendl (44), Novak Djokovic (43), John McEnroe (42), and Roger Federer (41).

Borg holds third place for most consecutive wins on clay, with 46 victories in 1977–79. Only Rafael Nadal with 81 and Vilas with 53 have won more consecutive clay court matches.

Borg won 19 consecutive points on serve in the fifth set on two occasions: his 1980 Wimbledon final against McEnroe and his 1980 US Open quarterfinal against Roscoe Tanner.

Borg retired in 1983 with $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) 131 times in his career, compared to Federer's 79 bagels from 1999 through 2013 Halle.

Borg was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 at 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 pinstriped tennis shirts that became a trademark. Although Borg wore Fila throughout the world (except Sweden where he was contracted to Jockey) he used different rackets and shoes for different parts of the world. Until 1980, in North America Borg wore Tretorn sneakers and used a Bancroft Borg Personal racquet, while everywhere else he played with a Donnay Allwood or Borg Pro, with Diadora Borg Elite shoes. In 1980, he began to play with Donnay racquets everywhere. There was also superstition in what he wore. Borg always reverted to his traditional green pinstripe shirt for Wimbledon, no matter what other design he may have worn at the time.

Borg revealed on Soccer AM that he is a Charlton Athletic fan.

Head-to-head based on ATP web site

Borg's record against players ranked in the ATP's top 10. World No 1's are in bold.

References

Björn Borg career statistics Wikipedia

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Contents

Singles: 19 finals (15 titles, 4 runners-up)

Youngest to win

Miscellaneous

Head-to-head based on ATP web site

References