noeledmonds
Professional
While I am sure many of you are familier with Borg's rather unique statistics and records I am sure that many of you are not. So I have complied a list of some of Borg's more impressive achivements.
- Won 33 consecutive Davis Cup matches ended by retirement (all time record)
- Won 14 consecutive 5 set matches (all time record)
- 41 consecutive match wins at Wimbledon (open-era record)
- 28 consecutive match wins at the French Open ended by retirement (all time record)
- Was 20-3 in grand slam 5 set matches, which is 87% (2nd in the open-era)
- Won back to back French Open - Wimbledon titles three times (the only player ever to do so)
- Won 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles (open-era tied record)
- Won 6 French Open titles (all times record)
- Only player to win 3 or more titles at Wimbledon and the French Open
- Through 1977 he had never lost to a player younger than himself
- Grand slam match winning percentage of 89.2% (open-era record)
- Won over 41% of grand slams ever entered (open-era record)
- Youngest player ever to win a Davis Cup match at 15 years old
- Bageled his opponents (sets won 6-0) 116 times from 1973 through 1981 (a record over this length of time)
- Won 3 grand slams without losing a set (the only open-era player to win more than 1 grand slam without losing a set)
- Won 79.9% of games at the 1978 French Open and 76.8% of games at the 1980 French Open (the top 2 game winning percentages at grand slams in the open-era)
- Won 43 consecutive matches (2nd in the open-era)
- Won 46 consective matches on clay (3rd in the open-era, although had it not been for retirements he would have over 90 consecutive match wins on red clay)
- Won 33 consecutive Davis Cup matches ended by retirement (all time record)
- Won 14 consecutive 5 set matches (all time record)
- 41 consecutive match wins at Wimbledon (open-era record)
- 28 consecutive match wins at the French Open ended by retirement (all time record)
- Was 20-3 in grand slam 5 set matches, which is 87% (2nd in the open-era)
- Won back to back French Open - Wimbledon titles three times (the only player ever to do so)
- Won 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles (open-era tied record)
- Won 6 French Open titles (all times record)
- Only player to win 3 or more titles at Wimbledon and the French Open
- Through 1977 he had never lost to a player younger than himself
- Grand slam match winning percentage of 89.2% (open-era record)
- Won over 41% of grand slams ever entered (open-era record)
- Youngest player ever to win a Davis Cup match at 15 years old
- Bageled his opponents (sets won 6-0) 116 times from 1973 through 1981 (a record over this length of time)
- Won 3 grand slams without losing a set (the only open-era player to win more than 1 grand slam without losing a set)
- Won 79.9% of games at the 1978 French Open and 76.8% of games at the 1980 French Open (the top 2 game winning percentages at grand slams in the open-era)
- Won 43 consecutive matches (2nd in the open-era)
- Won 46 consective matches on clay (3rd in the open-era, although had it not been for retirements he would have over 90 consecutive match wins on red clay)
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