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Maybe some esteemed members of this discussion board have missed the rise and quality of young Jannik. Only eight players are ranked to have been stronger in ATP history. Obviously it now gets harder and harder, Sinner only got 16 points for his run at the AO 2025. Rank Player Peak...

In discussions of Borg on outdoor hard, the common refrain is that he made 3 slam finals out of 4 entries (the most of any player without a hard court slam), and that slight changes to his particularly unfavorable circumstances could have yielded him at least one slam title. Considering only...

Appreciate the absolutely incredible achievements, then cast your vote. Thank you. (By the way, if you notice any other slam records of similar magnitude, please suggest and I may add.) Borg: 5+5 channel slams before 25th birthday Closest next? (Rafa 5+2)? If we consider any two-venue...

Peak 6-year span with a win rate above 70% against both top5 and top10. >70% against top5 >70% against top10

I have some really old threads I started about this I'd rather not unearth due to other content. Plus it's time for a fresh discussion after Novak's latest failure which like Federer he had two bites at the apple. The Curse 1926-Bill Tilden fails to defend his USO title for a 7th consecutive...

Bjorn Borg beat Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the Masters (Year End Championship) final, 1980 on carpet in New York, USA Borg was the defending champion and this was his second and last title at the event. Lendl was playing the first of what would turn out to be 9 straight finals. Both players...

Bjorn Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 in the Boca Raton final, 1980 on green clay It was Borg’s 4th title in a row at the event and Gerulaitis’ only final. John McEnroe (who had lost to Gerulaitis in the semi) beat Guillermo Vilas in the third place play-off Borg won 98 points...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3 in the Boca Raton final, 1979 on green clay This was the third successive year with this final and result. Borg would win the title the follow year also. Borg won $150,000 for the result, Connors half that. John McEnroe (who had lost to Connors in the...

Jimmy Connors beat Bjorn Borg 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Masters (Year End Championship) final, 1977 on carpet in New York, USA The tournament was being held in New York for the first time and would remain there until 1989. This would be Connors’ only title at the event, he had earlier also won the...

Jimmy Connors beat Bjorn Borg 6-3, 6-4 in the Suntory Cup Invitational final, 1983 on carpet in Tokyo, Japan Borg was the defending champion. Connors had previously won the event in 1981 and 1982 and would go onto win it again in 1986. The two had met in the inaugural final in 1978, with Borg...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 0-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1981 on grass Borg would go onto lose the final to John McEnroe. This was Borg’s record 41st straight win at the event, which remains a Slam record. The two had previously played finals in ’77 and ’78 and a...

John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg 6-3, 6-4 in the Stockholm semi-final, 1978 on indoor hard court McEnroe would go onto win the title, beating Tim Gullikson in the final. This was the first meeting between Borg and McEnroe. McEnroe won 65 points, Borg 45 McEnroe serve-volleyed off all serves...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1979 on grass Borg would go onto win the title for the 4th year in a row, beating Roscoe Tanner in the final. Connors had lost to Borg in the final the previous two years Borg won 98 points, Connors 69 Serve Stats...

For example (these are just my picks): 2011 Federer, 2008 Nadal, 2015 Djokovic, 1996 Sampras and 1978 Borg face off with each other 10x in a round robin at RG - a series of RS hypotheticals... 2004 Federer, 2010 Nadal, 2011 Djokovic, 1995 Sampras and 1980 Borg face off with each other 10x in...

(from the hypothetical to the fantastic) If you could be any player in history for one match -- and experience his/her game and emotions firsthand, who would it be. Which specific match/venue? It could be current or past, a dominating performance or a very close match, your favorite player, or...

Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7(16), 8-6 in the Wimbledon final, 1980 on grass It was Borg's 5th Wimbledon title in a row and McEnroe's first final at the event. The two would go onto meet again in the following years final, with McEnroe winning Borg won 192 points...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1977 on grass Borg was the defending champion and he would go onto to win the next 3 editions also, including with wins over Connors in the following years final and the semi the year after Borg won 155 points...

Big things are going to happen. Grand Slam win-loss rate active players marked with an asterisk (as it stands after 2021 RG 1R) 1. Borg 141-16 89.8 2. *Nadal 287-40 87.8 3. *Djokovic 304-45 87.1 4. *Federer 363-59 86.0 5. *Karatsev 6-1 85.7 6. Laver 45-8 84.9 7. Sampras 203-38 84.2 8. Rosewall...

Bjorn Borg (Sweden) beat Jiri Hrebec (Czechoslovakia) 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 in a Davis final rubber, 1979 on carpet in Stockholm, Sweden The rubber gave Sweden a 1-0 lead in the match. They would go onto win 3-2, with Borg clinching victory at 3-1 by beating Jan Kodes Borg won 84 points, Hrebec 50...

Bjorn Borg beat Ivan Lendl 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in the French Open final, 1981 on clay It was Borg's 4th title in a row at the event, his 6th overall and would turn out to be his last Slam title and participation at the French Open. Lendl was playing his first Slam final Borg won...

John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-7(5), 5-7, 6-4 in the US Open final, 1980 on hard court McEnroe was the defending champion. The two players had recently met in the Wimbledon final with Borg winning in 5 sets. The 2 would go onto play the final the following year also...

Bjorn Borg beat Victor Pecci 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-4 in the French Open final, 1979 on clay It was Borg's 4th title at the event and 2nd in a row and Pecci's only Slam final. Borg would follow up by winning Wimbledon shortly after, giving him a second consecutive 'Channel Slam', which he'd...

John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open final, 1981 on hard court The win gave McEnroe his third consecutive title at the event and was Borg's 4th runner-up finish. McEnroe had recently also beaten Borg in the Wimbledon final. This would turn out to be...

Bjorn Borg beat Roscoe Tanner 6-7(4), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1979 on grass It was Borg's 4th consecutive title at the event. Tanner was the 5th seed and this would be his sole final Borg won 167 points, Tanner 152 Borg serve-volleyed more than half the time off...

Jordi Arrese beat Bjorn Borg 6-2, 6-3 in the Monte Carlo first round, 1991 on clay Arrese would lose in the next round but go onto win his next tournament in Madrid. He would win the Silver medal for Spain at the Olympics the following year in Barcelona. This was Borg's first official...

Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(1) in the Year End Championship (Masters) semi-final, 1979 on carpet in New York, USA Borg would go onto win the event for the first time, beating Vitas Gerulaitis in the final. McEnroe was the defending champion Borg won 120 points, McEnroe...

Bjorn Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1977 on grass Borg was the defending champion and would go onto beat Jimmy Connors in the final to claim the second of his ultimate 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles. Gerulaitis would return to the semis...

Bjorn Borg beat Rod Laver 6-3, 7-5 in a World Invitational Tennis Classic rubber, 1976 on green clay in Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA The event featured 8 players (4 men, 4 women) playing a combination of singles and doubles matches with a points system to determine the winner. First prize...

Bjorn Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1980 on clay It was Borg's 3rd title in a row at the event and 5th overall. He would go onto add a 4th and 6th respectively the following year. Borg dropped just 38 games in winning the tournament and never more than 4 in...

Jimmy Connors beat Bjorn Borg 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the US Open final, 1978 on hard court It was the first year the tournament had been played at Flushing Meadows and on hard court and this was Connors' 3rd title and 5th consecutive final. He had previously beaten Borg in the final 2 years ago and...