Björn Borg exos 74-87

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Mats

New User
Borg exos from mostly Swedidh newspapers.

Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA. Clay
Stan Smith 2-6 6-4 6-0
F Ilie Nastase 6-7 3-6


1975
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, Clay
SF Ilie Nastase 3-6 7-5 4-6

Haarlem, Holland
Ilie Nastase 3-6 4-6
Ion Tiriac 7-6 6-1
Marty Riessen 7-6 7-6

1976
Keauhou-Kona, Hawaii – WCT Avis Cup, Hard
22/2 John Newcombe 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-2

Gothenburgh, Sweden, Indoor carpet
27/2 Rod Laver 6-4 6-2 7-5

Avis Cup, Kona Hawaii, Hard
8/3 Raul Ramirez 6-3 4-6 6-0 3-0 Ret

Keauhou-Kona, Hawaii –WCT Avis Cup
21/3 Arthur Ashe 4-6 6-7 (3-7) 3-6

Copenhagen, Denmark, Indoor Carpet
28/4 Ilie Nastase 6-7 6-7 7-6 6-7

Keauhou-Kona, Hawaii – WCT Avis Cup, Hard
16/5 SF Ilie Nastase 1-6 6-3 6-0 3-6 4-6

Guadalajara, Mexico – Jalisco Tennis Tournament, Clay
14/9 RR Rod Laver 6-2 5-7 6-1
15/9 RR Guillermo Vilas 6-2 6-2
16/9 RR Ilie Nastase 6-3 7-5

Mexico City, Mexico – Marlbouro Tennis Tournament, Clay
17/9 RR Rod Laver 6-2 6-3
18/9 RR Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-1
19/9 RR Ilie Nastase 6-7 6-0 6-1

30 sept- 3 okt Caracas, Venezuela, Clay
Jimmy Connors 4-6 7-5 3-6
Ilie Nastase 6-7 6-1 5-7
Third price: Adriano Panatta wo by Panatta

Antwerpen, Belgium
5/10 Ilie Nastase 0-6 6-4 2-6

Liege’, Belgium
6/10 Ilie Nastase 6-4 7-5

Basel, Switzerland
8/10 Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-4 6-2

Södertälje, Sweden, Indoor carpet
9/10 Adriano Panatta 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, Clay
11/10 Rod Laver 6-3 7-5
15/10 F Arthur Ashe 6-1 6-2

Oslo, Norway, Indoor carpet
16/10 Ilie Nastase 6-2 5-7 0-6 4-6

Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
Rod Laver 6-4 6-3

Detroit, USA (5-7/11) – Michigan Invitational Tennis Tournament
Vitas Gerulaitis 2-6 6-3 6-3
F Rod Laver 6-3 6-1

Copenhagen, Denmark – Pondus Cup, Indoor carpet
20/11RR Adriano Panatta 3-6 6-2 7-6 (8-6) Panatta 2 matchpoints
RR Ilie Nastase 6-1 3-6 4-6
RR Wojtek Fibak 4-6 6-3 6-2
F Wojtek Fibak 7-5 3-6 7-6 7-5

1977
? West Orange Rod Laver 6-4 7-6

Newport Casino, USA, Grass
26/7 John Newcombe 3-6 2-6 3-6

Hilton Head Island, (27/9-30/9) South Carolina, USA, Clay
John Newcombe 6-2 6-4
30/9 F Roscoe Tanner 6-4 7-5

1978
Gothenburg, Sweden - Scandinavian Cup, Indoor carpet
6/3 Sandy Mayer 7-6(7-5) 6-3
7/3 F Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4 1-6 6-3

Copenhagen, Denmark – Pondus Cup, Indoor carpet
17/4 Mark Cox 7-5 6-2
18/4 F Vitas Gerulaitis 2-6 6-4 6-4

Tokyo, Japan - Suntory Cup, Indoor carpet
22/4 Manuel Orantes 6-1 6-4
23/4 F Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-2

Menton, France
14/8 Patrice Dominguez 6-2 6-7 6-1
15/8 F Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-3

Frejus, France
17/8 Guillermo Vilas 7-6 7-5

Sao Paolo, Brasil
22/9 Adriano Panatta 7-5 6-4 6-2


Buenos Aires, Argentine, Clay
23/9 Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-1
24/9 Jose-Louis Clerc 6-1 6-1
25/9 F Jimmy Connors 7-5 3-6 3-6

Essen, West-Germany – Gruga Hall International Tournament
16/10 Rod Laver 6-3 6-2
17/10F Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 7-6

Basel, Switzerland
18/10 Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5 4-6 4-6

Hamburg, West-Germany
19/10 Mark Cox 6-3 7-6
20/10 Sandy Mayer 4-6 6-3 6-1
21/10F Wojtek Fibak 6-1 6-1

Tokyo, Japan
Okt Vitas Gerulaitis 1-6 6-3 6-3

Manila, Filippines
28/10 Eliot Teltscher 6-4 6-0
29/10 F Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2 7-6

Tel Aviv, Israel
21/11 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-7 6-4 1-6 4-6

Antwerpen, Belgium, Indoor carpet
Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 6-7 6-4
F Tom Okker 6-4 6-3

Helsingfors, Finland, Indoor carpet
26/11 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 7-5 3-6 7-6

Tallin, Sovjet, Indoor carpet
27/11 Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 4-6 5-7

Drammen, Norway, Indoor carpet
28/11 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4 6-4 6-2

Milano, Italy – Brooklyn Masters, Indoor carpet
29/11 RR Adriano Panatta 3-6 3-6 Borg injured, retired from tournament

Montego Bay, Jamaica - WCT Challenge Cup, Hard
RR Harold Solomon 6-3 6-2
14/12 RR Raul Ramirez 6-1 6-3
15/12 RR Roscoe Tanner 3-6 6-5 (7-4) 6-4
16/12 SF Peter Flemming 5-6 (1-7) 5-6 (0-7)

1979
Vienna, Austria, Velo Cup, Indoor carpet
5/3 Peter Feigl 6-2 6-2
6/3 F John McEnroe 3-6 6-1 6-4

Munchen, West-Germany, Indoor carpet
7/3 John McEnroe 6-4 7-5

Oslo, Norway, Indoor carpet
8/3 John McEnroe 3-6 6-2 3-6 7-5 6-7 (5-7)

Randers, Denmark, Indoor carpet
9/3 John McEnroe 6-4 6-4 6-4

Essen, West-Germany – Gruga Hall International Tournament, Clay
25/9 Harold Solomon 6-2 6-3
26/9 F Ilie Nastase 6-1 6-4

Marbella, Spain – European Championships Of Tennis, Clay
28/9Manuel Santana 6-0 6-2
29/9 Harold Solomon 7-5 6-1
30/9 F Adriano Panatta 6-2 6-2 7-5

Holland – Roxy Tennis Tournament, Indoor carpet
2/10 RR Groningen, Eddie Dibbs 6-4 6-1
4/10 RR Giorle, Tom Okker 6-2 6-3
5/10 RR Haarlem, Tim Gullikson 6-0 6-4
6/10 Huizen, SF Roscoe Tanner 3-6 6-1 6-2
7/10 Rotterdam, F Eddie Dibbs 6-3 6-0

Canton, China,
5/11 John Alexander 6-3 6-4 6-1

Innsbruck, Austria Indoor carpet
20/11 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 7-5

Toulouse, France, Indoor carpet
22/11 Adriano Panatta 6-7 2-6
23/11 Third Price Harold Solomon 6-3 6-1

Brussels, Belgium, Indoor carpet
24/11 Harold Solomon 6-3 6-0
25/11 F Adriano Panatta 6-1 7-6

Milano, Italy - Brooklyn Masters, Indoor carpet
26/11 Adrano Panatta 6-1 7-6
27/11Roscoe Tanner 6-2 6-4
28/11 Peter Fleming 6-3 7-6
29/11 F John McEnroe 1-6 6-1 6-4

Frankfurt Cup, West-Germany, Indoor carpet
30/11 Ilie Nastase 6-2 1-6 6-0
1/12 Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5 7-6 (7-0)
2/12 F Jimmy Connors 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4

3-9 Dec, Montreal, Canada -WCT Challenge Cup, Indoor carpet
Johan Kriek 6-4 6-2
Pat DuPre 6-1 6-2
Hans Gildemeister 6-2 6-2
Tim Gullikson 6-3 6-2
F Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-2 2-6 6-4

Cairo, Egypt – Egypt’s First International, Clay
14/12 Eliot Teltscher 6-3 6-0
15/12 Bill Scanlon 6-0 6-2
16/12 Ismail El Shafei 6-2 6-3
 
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Mats

New User
1980
Salisbury, Maryland, USA, WCT-Invitational, Indoor carpet
19/2 RR Vijay Amritraj 6-4 6-7 6-3
20/2 RR John Alexander 6-3 6-1
21/2 RR Eddie Dibbs 6-3 6-3
22/2 RR Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-1
23/2 RR Ilie Nastase 6-1 6-1
24/2 F Vijay Amritraj 7-5 6-1 6-3

Caracas, Venezuela
25/2 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2 4-6 6-4

Sao Paolo, Brasil
26/2 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 6-4

Asuncion, Paraguay
27/2 Victor Pecci 4-6 4-6 2-6

Santiago, Chile
29/2 Peter Fleming 6-1 6-4
1/3 Hans Gildemeister 4-6 2-6

Mar Del Plata, Argentine
2/3 Guillermo Vilas 6-1 6-3 6-3

Copenhagen, Denmark – Europe vs USA, Indoor carpet
4/3 Jimmy Connors 4-6 2-6
5/3 Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5 6-4

Munich, West-Germany, Indoor carpet
6/3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 4-6 4-6
7/3 Third Price Adriano Panatta 5-7 4-6

Stuttgart Cup – 80, West-Germany, Indoor carpet
8/3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 7-5
9/3 F Adriano Panatta 6-2 5-7 6-1

West-Berlin, West-Germany, Indoor carpet
Okt Eliot Teltscher 6-3 7-6
F Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 6-3

1981
Bologna, Italy, Indoor carpet
6/1 Balacz Taroczy 6-3 3-6 6-0
7/1F Jose Louis Clerc 6-7 7-5 -7-6

Toronto, Canada – Molson Light Challenge, Indoor carpet
4/2 RR Sandy Mayer 6-4 3-6 6-2
5/2 RR Wojtek Fibak 6-3 5-7 6-3
6/2 RR Jimmy Connors 5-7 3-6
7/2 SF John McEnroe 3-6 6-3 6-7 (8-10) Borg 2 matchpoints
8/2 Third price Jimmy Connors wo by Borg

Sydney, Australia
19/2 John McEnroe 6-0 6-4

Sydney, Australia
20/2 John McEnroe 6-2 6-4

Melbourne, Australia
21/2 John McEnroe 4-6 6-1 6-7 4-6

Melbourne, Australia
22/2 Vitas Gerulaitis 2-6 6-2 6-3

Perth, Australia
23/2 Vitas Gerulaitis 4-6 6-2 6-3

Djakarta, Indonesia
26/2 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4 6-2 6-3

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
28/2 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-7 6-4 6-1 6-2

Hongkong, China
2/3 Vitas Gerulaitis 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-7

Edmonton,Canada – Alberta Challenge Cup, Indoor carpet
10/10 Vijay amritraj 6-4 6-4
11/10 Wojtek Fibak 6-2 5-7 6-2
12/10 F Jose-Louis Clerc 6-2 6-2 7-5

Neapel, Italy
16/10 Fritz Buehning 6-4 6-2
17/10 SF Adriano Panatta 4-6 4-6

1982
Copenhagen, Denmark, Indoor carpet
23/3 Vitas Gerulaitis 2-6 7-6 2-6

Cascais, Portugal, Indoor carpet
24/3 Peter McNamara 1-6 6-2 6-4
25/3 F Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 6-1

Vila Nova De Famalicao, Portugal
27/3 Vitas Gerulaitis 2-6 6-4 2-6 4-6

Tokyo, Japan - Suntory Cup, Indoor carpet
17/4 Vince Van Patten 5-7 6-4 6-3
18/4 F Guillermo Vilas 6-1 6-2

Cairo, Egypt – Four Master Championships, Clay
29/4 Ismail El Shafei 6-4 6-2
30/4 F Peter McNamara 6-1 6-4

Lugano, Switzerland
1/5 Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4 6-4 7-6

Industri Hills, Los Angeles – Michelob Light Cup, Hard
24/7Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2 7-6
25/7 F Jimmy Connors 7-5 2-6 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 2-6

Richmond, USA, Indoor carpet
31/7 Jimmy Connors 4-6 6-3 5-7 3-6

Atlanta, USA, Indoor carpet
29/9 Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2

Ottawa, Canada, Indoor carpet
30/9 Jimmy Connors 1-6 6-3 6-3 1-6 6-2

Montreal, Canada – Molson Light Challenge Cup, Indoor carpet
1/10 Kevin Curren 6-3 6-4
2/10 Ivan Lendl 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5)
3/10 F Jimmy Connors 4-6 3-6

Perth, Australia – Swan Lager super Challenge Tennis Tournament
2/11 Ivan Lendl 6-4 1-6 6-3
3/11 F John McEnroe 1-6 4-6

Sydney, Australia - Akai Gold Challenge Cup, Indoor carpet
5/11 RR Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 6-3 6-2
6/11 RR Ivan Lendl 6-1 6-4 6-2
7/11 RR John McEnroe 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-2

Seattle, USA, Indoor carpet
14/11 Jimmy Connors 4-6 6-3 5-7

Los Angeles, USA, Indoor carpet
15/11 Jimmy Connors 3-6 6-2 2-6

Vancouver, Canada, Indoor carpet
20/11 Jimmy Connors 2-6 7-5 4-6

San Francisco, USA, Indoor carpet
21/11 Jimmy Connors 5-7 6-7 (6-8)

Barcelona, Spain, - Europe vs USA, Indoor carpet
29/11 Vince Van Patten 6-3 2-6 7-5
30/11 John Mcenroe 3-6 6-2 4-6
1/12 Gene Mayer 3-6 6-4 3-6

Antwerpen, Belgium – 700.000$ European Champions Championship, Indoor carpet
3/12 Brian Gottfried 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-4
4/12 SF John McEnroe 6-2 4-6 3-6

North Miami Beach, Florida, USA - Nastase Hamptons Tennis Tournament, Hard
16/12Tim Mayotte 6-4 6-2
17/12 QF Brian Gottfried 1-6 3-6

1983
Rosemont, Chicago, USA – Lite Challenge Of Champions, 250.000$, Indoor carpet
5/1RR Vitas Gerulaitis 4-6 6-2 6-4
6/1 RR Henri Leconte 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-1
7/1RR Jimmy Connors 6-4 1-6 6-2
8/1 SF Ivan Lendl 1-6 5-7

Charlotte, USA
2/2 Roscoe Tanner 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2

Chattanooga, USA
3/2 Roscoe Tanner 2-6 6-4 5-7 4-6

Norfolk, USA
4/2 Roscoe Tanner 6-4 6-4 6-4

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
5/2 Jimmy Connors 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 4-6

Providence Civic Center, USA
6/2 Jimmy Connors 4-6 4-6

Seoul, SouthKorea, Indoor carpet
6/4 Jimmy Connors 7-5 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-7 (3-7)

Tokyo, Japan - Suntory Cup, Indoor carpet
9/4 John McEnroe 6-4 2-6 6-2
10/4 F Jimmy Connors 3-6 4-6


1984
Osaka, Japan – Championship Of The Gunze Invitational Tennis Tournament
Indoor carpet
10/5 Shozo Shirashi 6-3 6-0
12/5 Eric Korita 6-7 7-5 6-3
13/5 F Harold Solomon 6-2 6-2

Vancouver, Canada, Indoor carpet
John McEnroe 3-6 4-6 6-3 1-6

Ottawa, Canada , Indoor carpet
John McEnroe 6-2 2-6 2-6 6-7 (12-14)

Syracuse, Canada
11/9 John McEnroe 6-7 5-7

1985
Tokyo, Japan 8 men, $ 200.000 tournament – Gunze World Tennis tournament
Indoor carpet
?
11/5 Eliot Teltscher 6-4 6-1
12/5 F Anders Järryd 6-4 6-3

1986
Tokyo, Japan – Gunze World Tennis Tournament (8-11/5), Indoor carpet
?
10/5 Scott Davis 3-6 6-2 6-3
11/5 F Stefan Edberg 3-6 4-6

1987
Toronto
John McEnroe 4-6 6-2 6-4
 
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helloworld

Hall of Fame
Haarlem, Holland
Ilie Nastase 3-6 4-6
Ion Tiriac 7-6 6-1
Marty Riessen 7-6 7-6

Ion Tiriac??? Isn't that a businessman? How can he be competitive against Borg???
 
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helloworld

Hall of Fame
helloworld said:
Haarlem, Holland
Ilie Nastase 3-6 4-6
Ion Tiriac 7-6 6-1
Marty Riessen 7-6 7-6

Ion Tiriac??? Isn't that a businessman? How can he be competitive against Borg???
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Oh sorry, I checked his info. He was a tennis player and hockey player before becoming a businessman. Wow, this guy is amazing....
 
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Borgforever

Hall of Fame
Superb list. The most complete to date is my spontaneous response. Great list Mats! A fellow Swede I guess...:)

Although I would add John McEnroe 7-5,6-4(? not really sure here) at Gunze 1985...
 
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Mats

New User
Auckland 1974, Grass?
Jan Hordijk 6-4 6-2 6-1
John Feaver 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2
Dick Crealy 5-7 6-2 7-6 6-1
Colin Dibley 4-6 6-1 6-3 2-6 6-3
F Onny Parun 6-4 6-3 6-1

Oslo, Norway 1974-Scandinavian Championships
Michael Burgener 6-2 6-0
Wojtek Fibak 6-2 6-3
Dmitri Sturdza 6-4 6-2
Mark Farrell 3-6 6-4 6-3
F Ray Moore 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-1
 
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Micce

New User
Thanks Mats, but do you have scores for 76 Chicago Stadium Invitational (3-4 November) and 77 Johannesburg Peugeot Open (8-13 March)? They are mentioned in French Wikipedia (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjorn_Borg). According to that site Borg beat Newcombe in the 76 Chicago final and the 77 Johannesburg final against Vilas was cancelled due to strong rain.
 
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Mats

New User
The Johannesburg 77 tournament is on the ATP site, but I have never heard of
Chicago 76. I try to track it down the next time I go to the newspaper archive.
BTW the Munchen 7 march 79 against McEnroe is Munich, forgott to translate that one.
 
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jeffreyneave

Rookie
dutch round robin 1979

Hello, thank you for this great list

In the borg wikipedia article the matches played in holland 2 to 7 october 1979 are presented as two separate 4-man events with borg beating dibbs in each final. You seem to have presented the matches as one 8 man event with borg beating dibbs twice, once in the round robin section and again in the final. What's your view on this ? is the wikipedia article wrong ?

jeffrey
 
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timnz

Legend
In late '83 he played some exhibition Matches against that years Wimbledon Finalist Chris Lewis in New Zealand. I remember there were around 3 matches. Lewis won the one of Grass, the other 2 were on played on slower surfaces which Borg won.
 
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Carlo Giovanni Colussi

Semi-Pro
My French colleague, Jean-Marie, who is updating the French Wikipedia article, asks me if the following events were either mere exhibition matches or special events matches in order to list them or not as Borg's tournament wins in Wikipedia :

Chicago, Thursday, November 4, 1976 Borg d. Newcombe
Cincinatti, February 12-13, 1977, Borg would have beaten Laver 67 63 62 (it was perhaps a 3-man round robin event with Billy Martin being the 3rd one)
Kobe, October 25-26, 1978, Borg d. Gerulaitis 16 63 63
Innsbruck, November 20, 1979, Borg d. Gerulaitis 63 75 (and Solomon would have beaten Panatta 75 64).

Have anyone additional info about these matches ?
Thank you in advance for the answers.
 
Q&M son

Q&M son

Professional
Sent to ATP!

Mats said:
Auckland 1974, Grass?
Jan Hordijk 6-4 6-2 6-1
John Feaver 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2
Dick Crealy 5-7 6-2 7-6 6-1
Colin Dibley 4-6 6-1 6-3 2-6 6-3
F Onny Parun 6-4 6-3 6-1

Oslo, Norway 1974-Scandinavian Championships
Michael Burgener 6-2 6-0
Wojtek Fibak 6-2 6-3
Dmitri Sturdza 6-4 6-2
Mark Farrell 3-6 6-4 6-3
F Ray Moore 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-1
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This info was sent to ATP now.
Hope they include it soon!!!
Lucio
 
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DMan

Professional
It's amazing, and sad really, how many exos Borg played. No wonder he was burned out. And amazing too they guy went bankrupt since he would stop at nothing chasing $$$ all over the globe year after year.
 
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Mats

New User
8 Feb 1982 Malmö, Sweden Borg-Hans Simonsson 3-6 6-4 6-4

24/3 82 Cascais It's Paul McNamee and not Peter McNamara.
 
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Micce

New User
Here're some more exos according to Carlo's list:
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showpost.php?p=3363153&postcount=399

1983
Tampa (Floride, USA) 14 janvier : Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) L 7-6 7-5
Kansas City (Missouri, USA) 5 mars : Roscoe Tanner (USA) L 6-3 6-4 6-3
Baltimore (Maryland, USA) 30 octobre : Roscoe Tanner (USA) W 7-6 6-4

1985
Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA) 13 novembre : John McEnroe (USA) L 4-6 6-3 6-3
Nashville (Tennessee, USA) 14 novembre : John McEnroe (USA) L 7-6 6-4
Bloomington (Minnesota, USA) 15 novembre : John McEnroe (USA) W 6-4 7-5
Saint-Louis (Missouri, USA) 16 novembre : John McEnroe (USA) L 6-4 7-6
Richmond (Virginie, USA) 18 novembre : John McEnroe (USA) L 4-6 6-1 6-4

1986
Bologne (Italie) 4 novembre : Thierry Tulasne (FRA) L 6-2 6-2

1989
Singapour (Singapour) 12 avril : John McEnroe (USA) L 6-3 6-3
Manille (Philippines) 13 avril : John McEnroe (USA) L 6-1 3-6 6-3
Taipei (Taïwan) 14 avril : John McEnroe (USA) L 6-2 7-5
Hiroshima (Japon) 15 avril : John McEnroe (USA) L 6-2 3-6 6-2

And here're the results for the 1973 Helsinki Scandinavian Indoor Open (1-4 February):
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showpost.php?p=2835687&postcount=54

Mats, when you go to the newspaper archive in the future, try to track down these tournaments:

76 Chicago (3-4 November)
77 Cincinnati (12-13 February)
 
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paolo2143

Hall of Fame
what's clear from that list is even when borg was at his peak say from 76-81 his record in exhibition matches was no where near as impressive as his record in the matches that really counted.I think the 2 main reasons are that borg himself played much better when the real pressure was on wheras other players such as nastase,gerualitis even connors played better when they were totally relaxed
 
CyBorg

CyBorg

Legend
Borg is a strange man. I don't know if he's dumb or just doing this deliberately.

In an interview recently (with Navratilova) he claimed that he didn't pick up a racquet for five years after retiring and didn't play a match for seven. This thread shows otherwise - even in 1989, the year he remarried, he played matches.

In another instance, he claimed that he hadn't been back at Roland Garros after 1981, supposedly until 2008 (he was there in 1997).

Where's your head at, you dope?
 
jimbo333

jimbo333

Hall of Fame
CyBorg said:
Borg is a strange man. I don't know if he's dumb or just doing this deliberately.

In an interview recently (with Navratilova) he claimed that he didn't pick up a racquet for five years after retiring and didn't play a match for seven. This thread shows otherwise - even in 1989, the year he remarried, he played matches.

In another instance, he claimed that he hadn't been back at Roland Garros after 1981, supposedly until 2008 (he was there in 1997).

Where's your head at, you dope?
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Borg is indeed a bit strange:shock:

I saw a TV interview recently where he also said that he didn't pick up a racquet for 5 years!!!

Having seen the great list in this thread, I guess he is a little confused:confused:
 
jimbo333

jimbo333

Hall of Fame
Also this shows that Connors had a winning record in these matches against Borg, in their head to head battles:)

Connors won 15
Borg won 7

Good work Jimbo:)
 
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Borgforever

Hall of Fame
I can't say I know what Mr. B is thinking -- I find the majority of his answers in recent (last 20 years until now) interviews to be very lazy, lacking in precision and often plain wrong.

What is true, however, in his answers -- if this is what he means, which IMO it is -- could point to he very fact that he didn't practice to any recurring degree for five years (ca 1987) and that he didn't play a real match for seven -- which is true. Björn always saw a major difference between exxos with an hours play once in a while and classic, official tourney play and the serious, daily practice that accompany that.

Borg is definitely not the man, sadly IMO, who, when asked about some momentous happening in his prime tennis-career, gives his long, detailed account with a bright nostalgic gleam in his eyes. As I've heard it 98% of the questions he gets are very simply of the same kind which allows for a very cookie-cutter answers. So when a more nuanced question is raised there's a tendency to hear the same answer one has heard a billion times before from him. But it's hard to understand his unique situation and its specific problems.

If there's a longer interview -- often made by tennis-expert with great knowledge of its context and so forth -- he becomes much more authentic, unique and surprisingly revelatory in his responses. He seems to adapt to the environment to a great degree. And if the interviewer doesn't get his attention correctly we get the trite stuff instead of the gold...

This is just my experience and deduction of this question CyB...
 
CyBorg

CyBorg

Legend
I sense Bjorn also doesn't want to recall or provide a great deal of information about the post-retirement years, involving all of those forgettable, even-if-expensive exos.

The media today has carved out a really mystical image for him, as the man who simply walked off into the darkness. It sounds better than the man who overstayed his welcome.

Perhaps Bjorn isn't aware that here on TT we have all the skeletons from all the closets. :)
 
jimbo333

jimbo333

Hall of Fame
I think most of us thought Borg retired in 82, when in fact he thinks he retired in 87 (he is obviously right):)

And I'm still impressed at how well Connors did against Borg in meaningless exibition matches:):)
 
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paolo2143

Hall of Fame
the trouble is jimbo you hit nail on head meaningless exhibition matches.The fact is when they were both at their peaks borg clearly had connors number and they both knew it:).Having said that borg,connors ,mac and lendl are 4 of my favourite players of all time and they had some classic matches between them over the years.
 
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Mats

New User
I can't find anything about Borg-Newcombe Chicago nov 76.

Cincinnati 1977
12/2 Billy Martin 6-4 (one set only)
12/2 Rod Laver 6-7 6-3 6-2

Innsbruck 1979
20/11 Gerulaitis 3-6 5-7 According to the two biggest
Swedish newspapers, Borg lost this one.

Auckland, New Zealand 1983
15/12 Chris Lewis 1-6 7-6 6-2 6-4

Christchurch, NZ, Grass?
17/12 Chris Lewis 4-6 7-5 4-6 1-6

Auckland, NZ
18/12 Chris Lewis 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-6
 
CyBorg

CyBorg

Legend
Thanks a lot for the Borg-Lewis exo results. Lewis was a Wimbledon finalist that year - shows how capable Borg still was at the time.
 
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timnz

Legend
Yes Christchurch 1983 Borg-Lewis Exo was definitely on Grass

Mats said:
I can't find anything about Borg-Newcombe Chicago nov 76.

Cincinnati 1977
12/2 Billy Martin 6-4 (one set only)
12/2 Rod Laver 6-7 6-3 6-2

Innsbruck 1979
20/11 Gerulaitis 3-6 5-7 According to the two biggest
Swedish newspapers, Borg lost this one.

Auckland, New Zealand 1983
15/12 Chris Lewis 1-6 7-6 6-2 6-4

Christchurch, NZ, Grass?
17/12 Chris Lewis 4-6 7-5 4-6 1-6

Auckland, NZ
18/12 Chris Lewis 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-6
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I can confirm that the Christchurch match was definitely on Grass. I watched replays of it a number of times in the 80's. Sorry, long since lost the tape. (I am from New Zealand by the way). I remember the local media being surprised that Chris Lewis had won the match on grass and asked Borg about whether or not he was putting a full effort in and he responded that indeed he was.
 
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Carlo Giovanni Colussi

Semi-Pro
helloworld said:
Oh sorry, I checked his info. He was a tennis player and hockey player before becoming a businessman. Wow, this guy is amazing....
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Tiriac reached the quarters of the first French Open in 1968, extending Laver, future runner-up, to 5 sets. He also won the doubles of the 1970 depleted edition.

Here are some of his victories :

660314 660320 Alexandria EGT International Championships of Egypt Tiriac Riessen 26 63 63 64
660606 660612 Nottingham UK Nottingham Tournament Tiriac Saul 75 62
660822 660828 Poertschach AUT Poertschach Austrian Open Tiriac Gulyas 64 108 97
680100 680100 Madras IND Asian Championships Metreveli Tiriac 86 63 64
680304 680310 Cannes FRA Cannes Tournament Tiriac Metreveli 61 63
680415 680421 Palermo Torneo Interna zionale Tiriac Riessen 86 60 16 64
680610 680616 Lugano SWI Lugano Tournament Tiriac Okker 68 75 60
680819 680825 Ortesei ITA Tiriac Pietrangeli 36 62 60 63
690414 690420 Palermo Torneo Interna zionale Tiriac Nastase 46 60 62 26 62
700400 700400 Catania ITA Catania Open GP Tiriac Gulyas 63 63 63
700803 700800 Munich Bavarian Open Tiriac Pilic 26 97 63 64
701020 701024 Stalybridge UK England Dewar Cup Stalybridge Tiriac John Alexander 64 64
710503 710509 Madrid Madrid Melia Tiriac Nastase 75 61 60
711100 711100 Casablanca MOR Morocco International Tiriac Jauffret 76 60 63

You can note that Tiriac was able to beat Nastase as late as May 1971 when his junior was about the 6th player in the world (Ion had convinced Nastase to play the Madrid tourney that week instead of defending his Italian Open title which is pretty odd given that the Italian was nearly a major at the time)

P.S. I cut a single word as follows "Interna zionale" because when you stick "na" and "zi" the computer, not understanding Italian, considers it as a censored character string and wrongly blanks it.
 
Don't Let It Bounce

Don't Let It Bounce

Hall of Fame
jimbo333 said:
I'm still impressed at how well Connors did against Borg in meaningless exibition matches:):)
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I was behind the baseline, a few rows up, in Charlotte 2/2/83. It was my first time seeing Borg, after having been a big fan through my high school years. The only thing I remember about it (don't even remember who won) was being vaguely disappointed. It was real "exhibition" tennis.

The next time I saw him live was a Tokyo Seniors event in 1997. He was really listless and lost quickly. Connors, by contrast, was a man playing with boys as he won the event.

The way it seemed to me, though I could be wrong, was that Connors was the kind of competitor who needed to win, no matter the venue, and that Borg was sometimes willing to phone it in and just collect a paycheck once his reputation was established.
 
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paolo2143

Hall of Fame
"The way it seemed to me, though I could be wrong, was that Connors was the kind of competitor who needed to win, no matter the venue, and that Borg was sometimes willing to phone it in and just collect a paycheck once his reputation was established."

i tend to agree to an extent as i said earlier earlier even when borg was at his peak say from 1976 to 1981 he had virtual total control over connors in any important matches and also never lost a competitive match against vitas and yet in the exhibition matches he played against them both had several wins against him as did several other players who he beat convincigly in the big tournaments.I think personally bjorn only tended to ever really give 100% in the matches he thought really mattered and played gret under the pressure of the ones that counted wheras the likes of jimmy,vitas and several other players whilst being great competitors played bit more freely in matches where pressure was off and aslo as you said i think jimmy took every single match as matter of life and death.
 
P

paolo2143

Hall of Fame
please excuse typo errors in message above ,as trying to type fast before leaving the office so i apologise for the shocking errors:)
 
ttwarrior1

ttwarrior1

Hall of Fame
didnt know borg was playing any tennis in 87 or 89, he was getting beat but maybe could of done better with some technology
 
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krosero

Legend
Mats said:
1977
? West Orange Rod Laver 6-4 7-6
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This match was at the South Mountain Arena in West Orange, NJ on Feb. 9. '77.

While googling the match I found a link to another match they played two days later in West Palm Beach, Fl. Borg won 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...=3552,5645722&dq=laver+borg+west+orange&hl=en
(Rod Laver Australian Veteran Entertains No Thoughts of Quitting)

The article mentions that they played earlier in West Orange and in Toronto.
 
S

struggle

Legend
Saw him as a teen in Greensboro Coliseum, NC.

Carpet.

He played Vitas and won.

It had to be 83-84, I think. (85 at the latest)
 
suwanee4712

suwanee4712

Professional
I remember Borg playing mixed doubles in the early 80's at the Gunze event in Tokyo with Bettina Bunge. I also remember him losing in the World Mixed Doubles tournament in 1983 to Mandlikova-Nastase, though I don't remember who his partner was.
 
kiki

kiki

Banned
Gene Mayer defeated both Lendl and Borg during the 1982 Europe vs America three days contest, on indoors.
 
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accidental

Hall of Fame
Did Borg beat McEnroe in 1985 in that exo using wood when McEnroe was using graphite?

If he did thats a pretty impressive effort
 
vive le beau jeu !

vive le beau jeu !

Talk Tennis Guru
Mats said:
1986
Tokyo, Japan – Gunze World Tennis Tournament (8-11/5), Indoor carpet
?
10/5 Scott Davis 3-6 6-2 6-3
11/5 F Stefan Edberg 3-6 4-6
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wow, i had no idea such a match (even if it was an exhibition) happened in the 80's...

also... 3 additionnal five-setters with connors ?! :)
 
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