Can't see Borg having a better record overall, since Connors led him 13-6 in titles. And he had fewer losses (7-11).
Those are in tournaments officially counted today. Borg has a number of wins in exos as well, but I'm not sure how much weight can be assigned to them: the gap in official titles is large, and even if the gap were closed the H2H would remain between them.
(Bergelin said that the H2H would go up to 4-0 for Connors if exos were counted, since Borg lost to him in one exo).
On top of that, the gap in total losses for the year is not going to close if Borg's exos are counted, it's only going to widen further in Connors' favor.
By the way Connors was impressive in the 12 titles he did win, he wasn't just stacking up titles against lesser competition as he did on the Riordan tour in '74 (a year in which he's still unquestionably #1, just in case anyone misunderstands me). He won 6 on carpet, 2 on hard, and 4 on clay.
I didn´t have that record in mind.You are probably right, Connors being nº 1, even by a very very slight margin.Seems like the case of 1977 with the disicussion between Vilas or Borg; Borg beat constantly Vilas but had an overall lesser record in major events, so I´d give it to Vilas, bearing in mind that Borg was the better player , as proved by their h to h ( same as Connors in 76).
Those 3 years, 75,76,77 were very disputed.For instance, in 1973 Nastase was clealry the best player, in 1974 and 1982 it was Connors, in 1979-1980-1981, it was Bjorn Borg, Mc Enroe was the nº 1 in 1981,83,84, Lendl from 1985 to 1987 and so on...but, who was nº 1 in 75?
Most people will say it was Ashe, who won 2 out of the top 5 por titles (WCT and Wimbly), but then Nastase won the Masters, Newcombe won his last big one in Australia, Borg took his second RG, Orantes was the winner at FH, and, on top of that, Connors lost ALL 3 major finals he played...I think Ashe had the best arguments to be a nº 1, but not a solid nº 1, rather a circumstancial.The fact he beat Borg at Dallas and Wimbledon, and Connors at Wimbledon, gives him the edge.
For instance, if Orantes had just won the Masters in 1975 instead of one year later, he could also claim to be world´s nº 1.