Borg, Björn (Rune)

Borg, Björn (Rune)
born June 6, 1956, Södertälje, Swed.

Swedish tennis player.

Turning professional at age 14, Borg was noted for his powerful serve and two-handed backhand. He became the first man to win the Wimbledon singles championship five successive times (1976–80) since Laurie Doherty (1902–6) and the first to win the French Open four times in a row and six times in all (1974–75, 1978–81). By the time he finally lost at Wimbledon to John McEnroe (1981), he had won a record 41 straight Wimbledon singles matches. He won a lifetime total of 11 grand-slam titles. He retired in 1983.

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