Björn Borg career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Björn Borg.

Major finals

Grand Slam singles finals: 16 finals (11 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1974	French Open	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–7(1), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	1975	French Open (2)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2, 9–7
Runner-up	1976	US Open	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(9), 6–4
Winner	1977	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	1978	French Open (3)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	1978	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1978	US Open	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	1979	French Open (4)	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6), 6–4
Winner	1979	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–7(4), 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1980	French Open (5)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	1980	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	John McEnroe	1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(16), 8–6
Runner-up	1980	US Open	Hard	John McEnroe	7–6(4), 6–1, 6–7(5), 5–7, 6–4
Winner	1981	French Open (6)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	John McEnroe	4–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(4), 6–4
Runner-up	1981	US Open	Hard	John McEnroe	4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3

Year-end championships singles finals: 4 finals (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1975	Stockholm	Carpet	Ilie Nastase	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1977	New York City	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	1979	New York City	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1980	New York City	Hard (i)	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2, 6–2

Career singles titles (100)

Singles titles listed on the ATP website (63)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Mark Cox	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
2.	1974	Sao Paulo WCT, Brazil (1)	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
3.	1974	Rome, Italy (1)	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
4.	1974	French Open, Paris (1)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–7, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
5.	1974	Båstad, Sweden (1)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 6–0, 6–7, 6–3
6.	1974	Boston, U.S. (1)	Clay	Tom Okker	7–6, 6–1, 6–1
7.	1974	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Onny Parun	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
8.	1975	Richmond WCT, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
9.	1975	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
10.	1975	French Open, Paris (2)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
11.	1975	Boston, U.S. (2)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
12.	1975	Barcelona, Spain (1)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	1–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2
13.	1976	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
14.	1976	Sao Paulo WCT, Brazil (2)	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 6–2
15.	1976	Dallas WCT, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–1
16.	1976	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–2, 6–0
17.	1976	Wimbledon, London (1)	Grass	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2, 9–7
18.	1976	Boston, U.S. (3)	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
19.	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
20.	1977	Nice, France (1)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
21.	1977	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco (1)	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
22.	1977	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–2
23.	1977	Wimbledon, London (2)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
24.	1977	Boca Raton – Pepsi Grand Slam (1)	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
25.	1977	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jaime Fillol Sr.	6–3, 6–0, 6–7, 7–6
26.	1977	Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
27.	1977	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	John Lloyd	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
28.	1977	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
29.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard	John Lloyd	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
30.	1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	7–6, 7–5
31.	1978	Boca Raton – Pepsi Grand Slam (2)	Clay	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 3–6, 6–1
32.	1978	Las Vegas, U.S. – WCT Tournament of Champions	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–5, 5–6, 6–4, 6–5
33.	1978	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–3
34.	1978	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Adriano Panatta	1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
35.	1978	French Open, Paris (3)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
36.	1978	Wimbledon, London (3)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
37.	1978	Båstad, Sweden (2)	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–1, 6–2
38.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan (1)	Carpet	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–4
39.	1979	Richmond WCT, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–1
40.	1979	Boca Raton – Pepsi Grand Slam (3)	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–3
41.	1979	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2
42.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
43.	1979	Las Vegas, U.S. (1)	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–2
44.	1979	French Open, Paris (4)	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–3, 6–1, 6–7, 6–4
45.	1979	Wimbledon, London (4)	Grass	Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
46.	1979	Båstad, Sweden (3)	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–1, 7–5
47.	1979	Toronto, Canada	Hard	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
48.	1979	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–4, 6–0, 6–4
49.	1979	Tokyo Indoor, Japan (2)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 6–2
50.	1979	Montreal, Canada – WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
51.	1979	Masters, New York (1)	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–2
52.	1980	Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. – WCT Invitational	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
53.	1980	Boca Raton, U.S. – Pepsi Grand Slam (4)	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–1, 5–7, 6–1
54.	1980	Nice, France (2)	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–0, 6–1
55.	1980	Monte Carlo, Monaco (3)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
56.	1980	Las Vegas, U.S. (2)	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–1
57.	1980	French Open, Paris (5)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
58.	1980	Wimbledon, London (5)	Grass	John McEnroe	1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6
59.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–4
60.	1980	Masters, New York (2)	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
61.	1981	French Open, Paris (6)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
62.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4
63.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–3

Singles titles not listed by the ATP, including invitational tournament titles (37)

Non-ATP, exhibition, invitational, or special events singles titles – draw at least eight players (10)

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Final opponent	Final result	Winners prize
1973	30 January – 4 February	Helsinki Scandinavian Indoor Open Tennis Championships	Carpet	Jacek Niedzwiedzki	6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1974	6 January–12	Auckland New Zealand Open	Grass	Onny Parun	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1974	28 January – 3 February	Oslo Scandinavian Indoor Open Tennis Championships	Carpet	Raymond Moore	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1978	October 19-21	Hamburg Rothenbaum TennisClub	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	6–1, 6–1
1979	September 28–30	Marbella European Championships of Tennis	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1979	November 26-29	Milan – Brooklyn Masters Tennis Tournament	Carpet	John McEnroe	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1979	29 Nov-Dec 2	Frankfurt Cup Invitational Tennis Tournament Round Robin	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1981	October 12-15	Edmonton – Challenge Cup	Carpet	José Luis Clerc	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1984	May 10-13	Osaka Gunze World Tennis	Carpet	Bill Scanlon	6–2, 6–2
1985	May 12-15	Kobe & Tokyo Gunze World Tennis	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–3

Non-ATP, exhibition, invitational, or special events singles titles – draw fewer than eight players (27)

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Final opponent	Final result	Winners prize
1976	Sept 14-16	Guadalajara, Jalisco Round Robin	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–3
1976	Sept 17-19	Mexico Marlboro Round Robin	Clay	Ilie Nastase	7–6, 0–6, 6–1
1976	11 Oct–15	Hilton Head World Invitational Tennis Classic	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–2
1976	Nov 3-5	Chicago Stadium Invitational	Carpet	John Newcombe	Unknown score
1976	Nov 6-7	Detroit Michigan Pro Tennis 4-men invitational	Carpet	Rod Laver	6–3, 6–1
1976	24 Nov–28	Copenhagen Pondus Cup Invitational Round Robin	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	7–5, 3–6, 7–6, 7–5
1977	27 Sep–30	Hilton Head World Invitational Tennis Classic	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 7–5
1978	7 Mar–9	Goteborg Scandinavian Cup	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1978	18 Apr–20	Copenhagen Pondus Cup Invitational	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1978	21 Apr–23	Tokyo Suntory Cup	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–2
1978	Aug 14-15	Menton French Riviera Invitational	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–3
1978	Aug 16-17	Frejus Arena Trophy	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 7–5
1978	16 Oct–18	Essen Gruga Hall International	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 7–6
1978	28 Oct–29	Manila Smash tennis	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 7–6
1978	Nov 23-24	Antwerp European Tennis Championships	Carpet	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–3
1979	March 6-7	Vienna Velo Cup Tennis – 4-men invitational	Carpet	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1979	Sept 26–27	Essen Gruga Hall International – 4-men invitational	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–1, 6–4
1979	2 Oct–7	Holland - 5 city (Final at Rotterdam) Roxy Tennis Round Robin – 5-men	Carpet	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 6–0
1979	Nov 24-25	Brussels Belgian Cup – 4-men invitational	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	6–1, 7–6
1979	Dec 14-16	Cairo Egypt's First International Round Robin	Clay	Ismail El Shafei	6–2, 6–3
1980	8 March–9	Stuttgart Cup-80 – 4-men invitational	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1980	Oct 25-26	Berlin West Berlin Cup – 4-men invitational	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 6–3
1981	26 Jan–27	Bologna – 4-men invitational	Carpet	José Luis Clerc	6–7, 7–5, 7–6
1982	March 24-25	Cascais – $68,000 4-men invitational	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 6–1
1982	April 16-18	Tokyo – $250,000 Suntory Cup	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–2	$110,000
1982	30 April-1 May	Cairo Four Master Championships 4-men invitational	Clay	Peter McNamara	6–1 6–4
1982	5 Nov–7	Sydney – Akai Gold Challenge Round Robin	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Career singles runner-ups listed by the ATP web site (24)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
2.	1973	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
3.	1973	Stockholm, U.S.	Hard (i)	Tom Gorman	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
4.	1973	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	3–6. 6–7, 6–4, 6–6, RET.
5.	1974	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
6.	1974	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	7–6, 6–2
7.	1974	Dallas WCT, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	John Newcombe	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
8.	1974	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
9.	1974	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
10.	1975	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	7–6, 6–3
11.	1975	Munich WCT, West Germany	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 7–6
12.	1975	Dallas WCT, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
13.	1975	Masters, Stockholm	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
14.	1976	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 6–4, 6–0
15.	1976	US Open, New York	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
16.	1977	Masters, New York	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
17.	1978	US Open, New York	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
18.	1979	Dallas WCT, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	John McEnroe	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
19.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 5–4, RET.
20.	1980	US Open, New York	Hard	John McEnroe	7–6, 6–1, 6–7, 5–7, 6–4
21.	1980	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 0–6, 6–4
22.	1981	Milan, Italy	Carpet	John McEnroe	7–6, 6–4
23.	1981	Wimbledon, London	Grass	John McEnroe	4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4
24.	1981	US Open, New York	Hard	John McEnroe	4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3

Grand Slam and Masters singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	Career WR	Career Win–Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
French Open	4R	W	W	QF	A	W	W	W	W	6 / 8	49–2
Wimbledon	QF	3R	QF	W	W	W	W	W	F	5 / 9	51–4
US Open	4R	2R	SF	F	4R	F	QF	F	F	0 / 9	40–9
Win Ratio	0 / 3	1 / 4	1 / 3	1 / 3	1 / 2	2 / 3	2 / 3	2 / 3	1 / 3	11 / 27	N/A
Win–Loss	10–3	11–3	16–2	17–2	10–1	20–1	18–1	20–1	19–2	N/A	141–16
Year-End Championship
The Masters1	A	RR	F	A	F	A	W	W	A	2 / 5	15–7
Year End Rankings	18	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	4	N/A	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

WR = the ratio of the number of won tournaments to the number of tournaments played

¹The Masters tournaments for calendar years 1977, 1979, and 1980 were actually held in January of the following year. In this table, however, the year of the tournament is listed for the preceding year.

Head-to-head

Against top opponents, Borg's record is:

• Rod Laver (5–2)
• Ken Rosewall (1–0)
• Jimmy Connors (15–8)
• Ivan Lendl (6–2)
• John McEnroe (7–7)
• Ilie Nastase (10–5)
• Guillermo Vilas (17–5)
• Arthur Ashe (7–7)
• Tony Roche (1–1)
• Adriano Panatta (9–6)

Players with winning record against Borg (before first retirement on 1983):

• John Newcombe (1–3)
• Henri Leconte (0–2)
• Paul Gerken (1–2)
• Eliot Teltscher (0–1)
• Paul Kronk (0–1)
• Roy Emerson (0–1)
• Tom Leonard (0–1)
• Hans-Jaochim Plotz (0–1)
• Tenny Svensson (0–1)

Players with winning record against Borg (after unsuccessful comeback on 1991):

• Jordi Arrese (0–1)
• Andrei Medvedev (0–1)
• Chris Pridham (0–1)
• Goran Prpic (0–1)
• Lionel Roux (0–1)
• Nicklas Kulti (0–1)
• Olivier Delaitre (0–1)
• Wayne Ferreira (0–1)
• Alexander Volkov (0–1)
• Jaime Oncins (0–1)
• Thomas Hogstedt (0–1)
• Joao Cunha-silva (0–1)