Tennis Great -Bjorn Borg
Bjorn Borg was born on 6 June 1956) is a former world number ONE tennis player from Sweden.
As a child, Borg became fascinated with a golden tennis racquet that his father won at a table Tennis Tournament.
Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon titles and six French Open titles (a record shared with Rafel Nadal) The only tournaments which Borg never won were US open and Australian open.
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Bjorn Borg was born on 6 June 1956 is a former world number ONE tennis player from Sweden.As a child, Borg became fascinated with a golden tennis racquet that his father won at a table Tennis Tournament. His father gifted him the racquet thus beginning of his tennis passion. Borg joined the professional circuit at the age of 14. In 1972, at the age of 15, he got the chance as one of the youngest player ever to represent his country in the Davis Cup and won his debut match in five sets against seasoned professional Onny Parun of New Zealand. That was the beginning of great tennis player.
Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon titles and six French Open titles (a record shared with Rafel Nadal) The only tournaments which Borg never won were US open and Australian open.He was runners up for four years in the US open Tennis and appeared only once in
Australian open.
He is one of four players in the open era to win both Wimbledon and the French Open in the same year and the only player to do so for three consecutive years. Borg was the first professional tennis player to earn more than one million dollars in prize money in a single season.
Borg was ranked by the ATP rankings World No. 1 in six different stretches between 1977 and 1981, totaling 109 weeks.
His total career titles were 101. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
