Björn Borg career statistics

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

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 16 finals (11 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1974	French Open	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	1975	French Open (2)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2, 9–7
Runner-up	1976	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–3, 6–7(9–11), 4–6
Winner	1977	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	1978	French Open (3)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	1978	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1978	US Open	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Winner	1979	French Open (4)	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Winner	1979	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1980	French Open (5)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	1980	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	John McEnroe	1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(16–18), 8–6
Runner-up	1980	US Open	Hard	John McEnroe	6–7(4–7), 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 4–6
Winner	1981	French Open (6)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	1981	US Open	Hard	John McEnroe	6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 3–6

Masters Grand Prix year-end championships finals

Singles: 4 finals (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1975	Stockholm	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	1977	New York	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	1979	New York	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1980	New York	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2, 6–2

WCT year-end championship finals

Singles: 4 finals (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1974	Dallas	Carpet	John Newcombe	6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1975	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6
Winner	1976	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	1979	Dallas	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–7

Grand Prix Super Series finals

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

Outcome	Year	Event	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1973	Monte-Carlo	Clay	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1973	Stockholm	Hard	Tom Gorman	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	1974	Rome	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1974	Boston	Clay	Tom Okker	7–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	1975	Boston	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1976	Boston	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	1976	Philadelphia	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 4–6, 0–6
Winner	1977	Monte Carlo	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
Winner	1977	London	Carpet	John Lloyd	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	1978	Tokyo	Carpet	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1978	Rome	Clay	Adriano Panatta	1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	1979	Tokyo	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1979	Monte Carlo	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	1979	Toronto	Hard	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1979	Las Vegas	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1980	Monte Carlo	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1980	Toronto	Hard	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 5–4, ret.
Winner	1980	Stockholm	Hard	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1980	Las Vegas	Hard	Harold Soloman	6–3, 6–1, 6–2

• 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.^[1]

Singles performance timeline

Singles titles (64)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1974	Auckland - Auckland Tennis Championships	Grass	Onny Parun	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
2.	1974	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Mark Cox	6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4
3.	1974	São Paulo WCT, Brazil (1)	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
4.	1974	Rome, Italy (1)	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
5.	1974	French Open, Paris (1)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–7(1–7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
6.	1974	Båstad, Sweden (1)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
7.	1974	Boston, U.S. (1)	Clay	Tom Okker	7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–1
8.	1974	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Onny Parun	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
9.	1975	Richmond WCT, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
10.	1975	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
11.	1975	French Open, Paris (2)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
12.	1975	Boston, U.S. (2)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
13.	1975	Barcelona, Spain (1)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	1–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2
14.	1976	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
15.	1976	São Paulo WCT, Brazil (2)	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	7–6(7–4), 6–2
16.	1976	WCT Finals, U.S. –	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–1
17.	1976	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–2, 6–0
18.	1976	Wimbledon, London (1)	Grass	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2, 9–7
19.	1976	Boston, U.S. (3)	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
20.	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
21.	1977	Nice, France (1)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
22.	1977	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco (1)	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
23.	1977	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–2
24.	1977	Wimbledon, London (2)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
25.	1977	Boca Raton – Pepsi Grand Slam (1)	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
26.	1977	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–0, 6–7, 7–6
27.	1977	Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
28.	1977	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	John Lloyd	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
29.	1977	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
30.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard (i)	John Lloyd	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
31.	1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	7–6(7–4), 7–5
32.	1978	Boca Raton – Pepsi Grand Slam (2)	Clay	Jimmy Connors	7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–1
33.	1978	Las Vegas, U.S. – WCT Tournament of Champions	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–5(5), 5–6(5), 6–4, 6–5(4)
34.	1978	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–3
35.	1978	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
36.	1978	French Open, Paris (3)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
37.	1978	Wimbledon, London (3)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
38.	1978	Båstad, Sweden (2)	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–1, 6–2
39.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan (1)	Carpet	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–4
40.	1979	Richmond WCT, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–1
41.	1979	Boca Raton – Pepsi Grand Slam (3)	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–3
42.	1979	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2
43.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
44.	1979	Las Vegas, U.S. (1)	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–2
45.	1979	French Open, Paris (4)	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
46.	1979	Wimbledon, London (4)	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
47.	1979	Båstad, Sweden (3)	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–1, 7–5
48.	1979	Toronto, Canada	Hard	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
49.	1979	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–4, 6–0, 6–4
50.	1979	Tokyo Indoor, Japan (2)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2
51.	1979	Montreal, Canada – WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
52.	1979	Masters, New York (1)	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–2
53.	1980	Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. – WCT Invitational	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
54.	1980	Boca Raton, U.S. – Pepsi Grand Slam (4)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–1, 5–7, 6–1
55.	1980	Nice, France (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–0, 6–1
56.	1980	Monte Carlo, Monaco (3)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
57.	1980	Las Vegas, U.S. (2)	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–1
58.	1980	French Open, Paris (5)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
59.	1980	Wimbledon, London (5)	Grass	John McEnroe	1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(16–18), 8–6
60.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–4
61.	1980	Masters, New York (2)	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
62.	1981	French Open, Paris (6)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
63.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4
64.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–3

Runners-up (24)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 1–6, 2–6
2.	1973	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	7–5, 1–6, 4–6
3.	1973	Stockholm, SWE	Hard (i)	Tom Gorman	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
4.	1973	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 6–6, RET.
5.	1974	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
6.	1974	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	6–7, 2–6
7.	1974	WCT Finals, U.S. –	Carpet	John Newcombe	6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 2–6
8.	1974	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
9.	1974	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
10.	1975	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–7, 3–6
11.	1975	Munich WCT, West Germany	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–7
12.	1975	WCT Finals, U.S. –	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 0–6
13.	1975	Masters, Sweden	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 2–6, 1–6
14.	1976	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 4–6, 0–6
15.	1976	US Open, New York	Clay	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 4–6
16.	1977	Masters, New York	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
17.	1978	US Open, New York	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 4–6, 2–6
18.	1979	Dallas WCT, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	John McEnroe	5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–7
19.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 4–5, RET.
20.	1980	US Open, New York	Hard	John McEnroe	6–7, 1–6, 7–6, 7–5, 4–6
21.	1980	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 4–6
22.	1981	Milan, Italy	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–7(2–7), 4–6
23.	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 4–6
24.	1981	US Open, New York	Hard	John McEnroe	6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 3–6

Singles titles not listed by the ATP, including invitational tournament titles (37)

Non-ATP, exhibition, invitational, or special events singles titles – draw at least eight players (9)

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1973	1 February–4	Helsinki - Scandinavian Indoor Open	Carpet	Jacek Niedźwiedzki	6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1974	28 January – 3 February	Oslo - Scandinavian Indoor Open	Carpet	Raymond Moore	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1978	October 19–21	Hamburg - Rothenbaum Tennis Club	Carpet	Wojciech Fibak	6–1, 6–1
1979	September 28–30	Marbella - European Championships of Tennis	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1979	November 26–29	Milan – Masters Brooklyn Chewing Gum	Carpet	John McEnroe	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1979	29 Nov-Dec 2	Frankfurt - Cup Invitational Tennis Round Robin	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1981	October 12–15	Edmonton – Alberta Tennis Challenge	Carpet	José Luis Clerc	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1984	May 10–13	Osaka - Gunze World Tennis	Carpet	Bill Scanlon	6–2, 6–2
1985	May 12–15	Kobe & Tokyo - Gunze World Tennis	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–3

Non-ATP, exhibition, invitational, or special events singles titles – draw fewer than eight players (28)

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1976	Sept 14–16	Guadalajara, Jalisco Tennis Invitational Round Robin	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–3
1976	Sept 17–19	Mexico Marlboro Tennis Round Robin	Clay	Ilie Năstase	7–6, 0–6, 6–1
1976	11 Oct–15	Hilton Head World Invitational Tennis Classic	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–2
1976	Nov 3–5	Chicago Olsonite Tennis Classic	Carpet	John Newcombe	Unknown score
1976	Nov 6–7	Detroit Michigan Pro Tennis 4-men invitational	Carpet	Rod Laver	6–3, 6–1
1976	24 Nov–28	Copenhagen Pondus Cup Invitational Round Robin	Carpet	Wojciech Fibak	7–5, 3–6, 7–6, 7–5
1977	February, 12–13	Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum Invitational Round Robin - 3-men	Carpet	Rod Laver	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1977	27 Sep–30	Hilton Head World Invitational Tennis Classic	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 7–5
1978	7 Mar–9	Gothenburg Scandinavian Cup	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1978	18 Apr–20	Copenhagen Pondus Cup Invitational	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1978	21 Apr–23	Tokyo Suntory Cup	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–2
1978	Aug 14–15	Menton French Riviera Invitational	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–3
1978	Aug 16–17	Fréjus Arena Trophy	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 7–5
1978	16 Oct–18	Essen Gruga Hall International	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 7–6
1978	28 Oct–29	Manila Smash-78 Tennis	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 7–6
1978	Nov 23–24	Antwerp European Tennis Championships	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–3
1979	March 6–7	Vienna Velo Cup Tennis – 4-men invitational	Carpet	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1979	Sept 26–27	Essen Gruga Hall International – 4-men invitational	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–1, 6–4
1979	2 Oct–7	Netherlands - 5 city (Final at Rotterdam) Roxy Tennis Round Robin – 5-men	Carpet	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 6–0
1979	Nov 24–25	Brussels Belgian Cup – 4-men invitational	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 7–6
1979	Dec 14–16	Cairo Egypt's First International Round Robin	Clay	Ismail El Shafei	6–2, 6–3
1980	8 March–9	Stuttgart Cup-80 – 4-men invitational	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1980	Oct 25–26	Berlin West Berlin Cup – 4-men invitational	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 6–3
1981	26 Jan–27	Bologna Charity Indoor Championships – 4-men invitational	Carpet	José Luis Clerc	6–7, 7–5, 7–6
1982	March 24–25	Cascais Portugal Classic – 4-men invitational	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 6–1
1982	April 16–18	Tokyo – Suntory Cup	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–2
1982	30 April–1 May	Cairo Four Master Championships 4-men invitational	Clay	Peter McNamara	6–1 6–4
1982	5 Nov–7	Sydney – Akai Gold Challenge Round Robin	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Youngest to win

• In 1972 Borg became the youngest ever 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 (87), John McEnroe (77), Rafael Nadal (68) 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 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 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.

Notes

References