Bjorn Borg's Grand Slam Finals Matches

One way to measure the quality of an opponent in a Grand Slam final is the count the total # of Grand Slam titles the opponent as won - Opponent Grand Slam (OPS). This is in a way somewhat superficial, but it is a quick way of numerically looking at a player's opponent. Here are Bjorn Borg's stats:

11 Grand Slam wins
1) 1 GS, Manuel Orantes, 1974 French Open
2) 4 GS, Guillermo Vilas, 1975 French Open
3) 2 GS, Ilie Nastase, 1976 Wimbledon
4) 8 GS, Jimmy Connors, 1977 Wimbledon
5) 4 GS, Guillermo Vilas, 1978 French Open
6) 8 GS, Jimmy Connors, 1978 Wimbledon
7) 0 GS, Victor Pecci, 1979 French Open
8] 1 GS, Roscoe Tanner, 1979 Wimbledon
9) 1 GS, Vitas Gerulaitis, 1980 French Open
10) 7 GS, John McEnroe, 1980 Wimbledon
11) 8 GS, Ivan Lendl, 1981 French Open

Total Win OGS: 44
Avg Win OGS: 4.00

The distribution of the Win OGS is:
0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 7, 8, 8, 8
Hence the Median Win OGS is: 4

5 Grand Slam runner-ups
1) 8 GS, Jimmy Connors, 1976 US Open
2) 8 GS, Jimmy Connors, 1978 US Open
3) 7 GS, John McEnroe, 1980 US Open
4) 7 GS, John McEnroe, 1981 Wimbledon
5) 7 GS, John McEnroe, 1981 US Open

Total Runner-up OGS: 37
Avg Runner-up OGS: 7.40
Median Runner-up OGS: 7

Overall OGS (GS win OGS + GS runner-up OGS): 81
Avg Overall OGs: 5.06

Borg's top rivals in Grand Slam Finals are Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.

Borg v. Connors (GS finals): 2-2
Borg v. Connors (overall): 13-8

Borg v. McEnroe (GS finals): 1-3
Borg v. McEnroe (overall): 7-7
 
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