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11-05-2012, 04:51 PM
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so you think Borg retired too early ?..think again.
Borg made his debut at the stockholm open starting nov 1st 1971
and fell off the tour at the tokyo open that was end of oct 1981.. he was age 15yrs 4months when he started, and played 715 singles matches in a career lasting almost exactly 10yrs to the day.. he also played freak knows how many exhibition matches/tourneys such as the suntory cup etc (beat mcenroe in 1983 there)..also i know he played a couple of tournys on the main tour in 82 like monte carlo until ending in july 84 in germany, but we all know really he stepped off the tour in 1981. so thats 715 matches in 10yrs, plus the fact that the tour gave the players far less help off court than they get nowadays...then i say maybe he played alot at a high level for a long time rather than quitting early. |
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11-05-2012, 05:16 PM
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Retiring at 25 or 26? Yea I would say thats "retiring too early". Thats a young age to be retiring at. Even in tennis regardless if you are an early bloomer or not
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11-06-2012, 06:51 AM
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How does this rate with present players (per year)?
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11-06-2012, 07:23 AM
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11-06-2012, 02:42 PM
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I believe that in 2007, Fed's record was 68-9. I believe that in 2006, Fed's record was 92-5.
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11-07-2012, 09:16 AM
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singles matches from atp tour (not exhibition tourneys)...
1971.... ? 1972.... ? 1973....65 1974....107 1975....94 1976....69 1977....83 1978....77 1979....90 1980....76 1981....41. too many matches as a teenager at least. any info on matches played in 71 and 72 ?..i suppose in 71 his debut in stockholm open might have been only match, but in 72 he played davis cup age 15yrs...what else/ how many times ??  |
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11-08-2012, 01:47 PM
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11-06-2012, 01:59 PM
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Bjorn played in an extremely competitive era.Mac,Connors,Lendl..
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11-07-2012, 09:27 AM
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He trained extremely hard. the guy was a physical monster ,some say his pulse was like in the mid 30's.,but most think his body got spent quick in that process and the mind got hit hard by the advent of McEnroe and in particular the schooling Borg took in his last US Open final. John was toying with Borg in that one. Borg has said he realised he would not be able to be where he felt he wanted to be after that match.
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11-07-2012, 03:57 PM
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Borg retired when he felt he needed to.
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11-07-2012, 05:34 PM
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And when Borg played the average rally on clay lasted about an hour
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11-08-2012, 01:49 PM
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at the very end, Borg dominated a monster field with Connors,Mac,Lendl,Vilas,Vitas,Roscoe,Clerc and, before them, letīs jsut mention all time cc greats like Panatta,Kodes,Nastase and Orantes...
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11-08-2012, 02:01 PM
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i dont know and i cant find out or my searches are rubbish just how many matches on the tour borg had in 1972 or was it just that davis cup tie he played in ?. |
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