Björn Borg

**Björn Borg** (born June 6, 1956) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. He won Wimbledon five years in a row, more than any other player until Roger Federer did the same. Borg also won six French Open titles, which was later also done by Rafael Nadal, who in the 21st century won nine titles. He is seen as one of the best tennis players of all time.

Borg was famous for his unusual and exciting playing style. He also set many records.

Since retiring, Borg has run a clothing line. He has two sons, Robin (born 1985) and Leo (born 2003).

## Trademark

**Björn Borg** has given the name to the fashion brand Björn Borg. Besides underwear, it includes other clothing, shoes, bags, glasses and fragrance for both men and women.

## Grand Slam record

This table shows Borg's performance in each Grand Slam tournament in singles competition.

|width=10%|Year|width=20%|Australian Open|width=20%|French Open|width=20%|Wimbledon|width=20%|US Open|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1973||style="background:#afeeee;"|Round 4|style="background:#ffebcd;"|Quarter-final|style="background:#afeeee;"|Round 4|||
|1974|style="background:#afeeee;"|Round 3|style="background:#00ff00;"|**Winner**|style="background:#afeeee;"|Round 3||||
|1975||style="background:#00ff00;"|**Winner**|||||||

## Infobox (tennis biography)

- **name**: Björn Borg
- **fullname**: Björn Rune Borg
- **image**: Björn Borg (1987) color.jpg
- **caption**: Björn Borg in June 1987
- **residence**: Monte Carlo, Monaco
- **birth place**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **turnedpro**: 1973 (amateur tour from 1971)
- **retired**: 1983
- **coach**: Lennart Bergelin (1971–1983)
Ron Thatcher (1991–1993)
- **plays**: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- **careerprizemoney**: United States dollar, US$ 3,655,751
- **tennishofyear**: 1987
- **tennishofid**: bjorn-borg
- **singlestitles**: 64
- **highestsinglesranking**: List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, No. **1** (23 August 1977)
- **australianopenresult**: 3R (1974 Australian Open – Men's Singles, 1974)
- **frenchopenresult**: **W** (1974 French Open – Men's Singles, 1974, 1975 French Open – Men's Singles, 1975, 1978 French Open – Men's Singles, 1978, 1979 French Open – Men's Singles, 1979, 1980 French Open – Men's Singles, 1980, 1981 French Open – Men's Singles, 1981)
- **wimbledonresult**: **W** (1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1976, 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1977, 1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1978, 1979 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1979, 1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, 1980)
- **usopenresult**: F (1976 US Open – Men's Singles, 1976, 1978 US Open – Men's Singles, 1978, 1980 US Open – Men's Singles, 1980, 1981 US Open – Men's Singles, 1981)
- **othertournaments**: Yes
- **masterscupresult**: **W** (1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Singles, 1979, 1980 Volvo Masters – Singles, 1980)
- **wctfinalsresult**: **W** (1976 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles, 1976)
- **doublesrecord**: 86–81 (51.2%)
- **doublestitles**: 4
- **australianopendoublesresult**: 3R (1973)
- **frenchopendoublesresult**: SF (1974, 1975)
- **wimbledondoublesresult**: 3R (1976)
- **usopendoublesresult**: 3R (1975)
- **team**: yes
- **daviscupresult**: **W** (1975)