This would have to be up there. The ice-cool Swedish champion Bjorn Borg against the brash John McEnroe who was snapping at his heels for the crown of the world's best player. Borg's four-year reign ...
McEnroe and Borg played each other 16 times in one of the sport's biggest rivalries, including in the finals of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1980 and 1981. It was after his loss to McEnroe in ...
McEnroe, after all, ended Borg's streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles by beating him in the 1981 final. McEnroe also defeated Borg twice in U.S. Open finals, and is widely credited with ...
But in 1981, the attacking McEnroe ended Borg's Wimbledon reign at five consecutive championships and 41 straight winning matches when he beat him in the finals in four sets, including two tie ...
As the Wimbledon Championships moved ... 1980 saw Sweden's Bjorn Borg face the promising 21 year old American, John McEnroe.
But in 1981, the attacking McEnroe ended Borg's Wimbledon reign at five consecutive championships and 41 straight winning matches when he beat him in the finals in four sets, including two tie ...
Here is a look at the life of tennis ace and television analyst John McEnroe. Personal Birth date: February 16, 1959 Birth place: Wiesbaden, West Germany; grew up in Douglaston, New York Birth name: ...
The look emulated that of McEnroe's 1981 Men's Singles Final win at Wimbledon aged 22. It comes after John reiterated calls for a statue of Andy Murray to be unveiled at Wimbledon to honour the ...