In 2008, ESPN.com asked tennis analysts, writers, and former players to build the perfect Open era player. Borg was the only player mentioned in all five categories -- defense, footwork ...

Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg with his wife, the Romanian tennis player Mariana Simionescu, 1983. There was trauma along the way. “In 1989, Borg was taken to a Milan hospital where he had to ...

Professional Swedish tennis player Björn Borg, who was formerly ranked No. 1 by the ATP, was the first person in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles between 1974 and 1981.

Yet, if Nadal and Borg were to have a match now, and if we could magically take away 30 years of Borg’s age making the two the same age, it’s difficult to say who would come out on top.

A fter winning his tenth French Open title, Rafa Nadal received praise from tennis legend Bjorn Borg, who branded the Spaniard as the best player in the history of the clay surface.. The Swede ...

Borg was the Open era’s first superstar and sex symbol, and its most popular player. His debut run, at 17, to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1973 was tennis’ version of the Beatles ...

Tennis legend Bjorn Borg is surrounded by memorabilia from his era of competitive tennis while attending the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., March 10, 2023. Shad Powers, Palm Springs ...

From 1971 to 1983 Bergelin coached his fellow countryman, Bjorn Borg, who won 11 Grand Slam tournaments and transformed the image of tennis, turning players into quasi-pop stars and fashion icons.

WIMBLEDON, England -- No player left a bigger impression on Wimbledon in the emerging Open era than Sweden's Bjorn Borg, who won five consecutive titles in the late 1970s and was to tennis what ...

Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg is mobbed by fans at Wimbledon in 1973. Ian Showell/Hulton Archive/Getty Unlike some parents of budding tennis stars, Borg senior – now 63 – isn’t heavily ...

Their son, Leo Borg, is a promising tennis player and actor, portraying his father as a youngster in the film. Mariana says: “When Bjorn and I saw each other at the Stockholm premiere it was so ...