Björn Borg

Björn Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He spent 109 weeks as the world number one and won eleven major singles titles, six at the French Open and five in a row at Wimbledon, among 66 career singles titles. A teenage star who helped lift the sport's popularity, he built famous rivalries with Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, and the 1980 Wimbledon final against McEnroe is often counted among the greatest matches played. He never won the US Open despite four runner-up finishes. Borg retired at 25 after losing the 1981 Wimbledon and US Open finals, and he made a short, unsuccessful comeback in 1991.