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Borg won his last Grand Slam title at the French Open in 1981, defeating Lendl in a five-set final. Borg's six French Open Grand Slam titles was a record bettered only by Rafael Nadal in 2012. In reaching the Wimbledon final in 1981, Borg stretched his winning streak at the All England Club to a record 41 matches. In a semifinal, Borg was down ...
Borg won his 11th Grand Slam singles title in 1981 aged 25 years and one day, the youngest male to reach that number of titles. By comparison, Roger Federer won his 11th aged 25 years and 324 days; Rafael Nadal was aged 26 years and 8 days; Pete Sampras won his 11th at almost age 27, Novak Djokovic at age 28, Roy Emerson at age 30, and Rod ...
Throughout its history, many changes in the Grand Slam tennis tournaments have affected the number of titles won by various players. These have included the opening of the French national championships to international players in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the admission of professional players in 1968 (the start of the Open Era).
Björn Borg (1979) Winning streak length: 31 wins. Grand Slam championships won: French Open, Wimbledon. Time duration: Three months. The other player to collect 31 successive wins was Björn Borg ...
Leo Borg's father Bjorn is one of tennis' all-time greats, having won 11 Grand Slam singles titles and spent 109 weeks at the top of the world rankings.
The tournament, won by Australian Ken Rosewall, was the first Grand Slam tournament to be played in the Open era. [18] Swede Björn Borg won the majority of the tournaments in the early years of the Open era. He won consecutive titles in 1974 and 1975, before winning four successive titles from 1978 to 1981. [19]
What He Did: Won a rain-interrupted, two-day title match to break Bjorn Borg’s men's record of six titles in Paris and prevent Djokovic from winning a fourth consecutive major championship.
2.2 Grand Slam singles titles by country ... Björn Borg: 1973: Paul McNamee: Víctor Pecci: ... Bjorn Fratangelo: Luke Saville: Oliver Golding: