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 ...

1980: The year it heated up In 1980, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe met seven times, with the Swede winning four times. Right at the beginning of the season, "Iceborg" won the French Open and aimed for ...

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He would later win six French Open and five Wimbledon titles, and reach four US Open finals, though never again played in Melbourne. Similarly to Borg, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion McEnroe ...

The nation was gripped in the lead-up to the Borg – McEnroe Final of 1980, arguably, the television event of the year. The ice-cool Swede produced one of the performances of his career to triumph in a ...

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: ...

McEnroe turns pro. 1978-1984; 1987-1989, 1991, 1992 – Member of the US Davis Cup team. July 5, 1980 – Loses to Bjorn Borg of Sweden in the men’s singles final at Wimbledon, which begins a ...

Among the great champions of the 1970s, Vitas Gerulaitis was also one of the most beloved. However, his life was tragically ...