Every morning of the French Open, we'll take a look back at a memorable match that occurred on that calendar day at Roland Garros. Bjorn Borg won his 11th and final Grand Slam title in a five-setter ...
Bjorn Borg kissing the trophy after winning his fifth Wimbledon title in July, 1980. Athletes have been playing tennis in some form since the Middle Ages, but it wasn’t until 1968, when both amateurs ...
Longest winning streaks on the ATP Tour in the Open era (since 1968): 46-Guillermo Vilas (July-Sept. 1977) 44-Ivan Lendl (Sept. 1981-Feb. 1982) 42-John McEnroe (Jan.-May 1984) 41-Bjorn Borg (Oct. 1979 ...
The second week of Roland Garros is all about the finals—at this stage of the tournament, everyone can see the finish line. With that in mind, we're counting down the five best French Open finals from ...
Borg and McEnroe may have enjoyed breathtaking rallies in late %E2%80%9870s and early %E2%80%9880s tennis, but Tignor, Executive Editor of Tennis magazine, largely ...
Mats Holm and Ulf Roosvald, trans. from the Swedish by Cecilia Palmcrantz. Skyhorse, $24.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5107-3363-3 Holm and Roosvald energetically explore the influence Björn Borg, Stefan ...