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Borg vs McEnroe (Swedish: Borg, Finnish: Borg/McEnroe) is a 2017 biographical sports drama film, focusing on the famous professional rivalry between tennis players, Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, culminating in their encounter in the men's singles final, one of the most dramatic tennis matches of all time.
- $3.4 million
- 65 million SEK, ($7.5 million)
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities.
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- 1994 (singles), 2006 (doubles)
- Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
- 1978
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The Borg–McEnroe rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Björn Borg and John McEnroe, who met 14 times on the regular tour and 22 times in total between November 1978 and April 1981. Their head-to-head was even at 7–7.
Aug 28, 2021 · McEnroe was the captain of Team World and Bjorg the captain of Team Europe. Julian Finney/Getty Images. Borg, barely 25 at the time, was a six-time French Open champion and had also won five...
Jun 20, 2022 · Bjorn Borg d. John McEnroe 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (16), 8-6 1980 Wimbledon men’s final. The 1980 Wimbledon men’s final made tennis history even before a ball was hit.
Jul 2, 2015 · Twenty-one-year-old John McEnroe, the bellicose, frizzy-haired New Yorker known to the London tabloids as Superbrat, was making his debut in the final. There he would face the...
Born Feb. 16, 1959, in Wiesbaden, Germany, where his father was stationed with the U.S. Air Force, he grew up in the Long Island suburb of Douglaston, N.Y. A 5-foot-11, 170-pound left-hander, McEnroe stands as perhaps the most skilled - and controversial - of all players.
