Borg–Connors rivalry

The tennis players Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors met 23 times during their careers according to the atp web site.

In 1975 Connors met Borg in the semifinals of the U.S. Open and defeated him in straight sets, on clay. Connors defeated Borg again at the U.S. Open again in 1976, this time in a four-set final, capturing his second U.S. Open title. In 1977 they met in the Wimbledon final, and Borg won in five sets. Borg defeated Connors at Wimbledon again in the 1978 final, this time in straight sets, for a third straight Wimbledon title. Two months later, Connors defeated Borg at the U.S. Open in a straight-set final on a hard surface "DecoTurf II", snapping Borg's 43-match winning streak (counting two tournaments in which he pulled out). In 1979 they met at Wimbledon again, Borg winning this time in a straight-set semifinal. In 1981 Borg defeated Connors in a five-set semifinal at Wimbledon and a straight-set semifinal at the U.S. Open, shortly afterwards Borg pulled out of the regular tour. He played a 4-match exhibition tour with Connors between July and November 1982, losing all matches (the American thanks to that tour snapped a 10-match losing streak to Borg).

Borg and Connors met three times at the season-ending Masters Championship in New York City: in January 1978 (ending the 1977 season), January 1980 (ending the 1979 season) and January 1981 (ending the 1980 season). Connors took the first meeting, Borg the latter two.

Head-to-head

Borg—Connors (15–8), (16–14 including exhibitions)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Round	Winner	Score
1	1973	Stockholm	Hard	SF	Björn Borg	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
2	1974	Indianapolis	Clay	F	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
3	1975	US Open	Clay	SF	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 7–5, 7–5
4	1975	Stockholm	Hard	SF	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
5	1976	Philadelphia	Carpet	F	Jimmy Connors	7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–0
6	1976	Palm Springs	Hard	SF	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–1
7	1976	US Open	Clay	F	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4
8	1977	Boca Raton	Clay	F	Björn Borg	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
9	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	F	Björn Borg	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
10	1977	New York City	Carpet	F	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
11	1978	Boca Raton	Clay	F	Björn Borg	7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–1
12	1978	Wimbledon	Grass	F	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
13	1978	US Open	Hard	F	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
14	1979	Boca Raton	Clay	F	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–3
15	1979	Las Vegas	Hard	F	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–2
16	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	SF	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
17	1979	Tokyo	Carpet	F	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2
18	1979	WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet	F	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
19	1979	New York City	Carpet	RR	Björn Borg	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
20	1980	WCT Invitational	Carpet	RR	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–1
21	1980	New York City	Carpet	SF	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
22	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	SF	Björn Borg	0–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4
23	1981	US Open	Hard	SF	Björn Borg	6–2, 7–5, 6–4
24	1982	Industry Hills (exhibition)	Hard		Jimmy Connors	5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
25	1982	Richmond (exhibition)	Hard		Jimmy Connors	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
26	1982	Montreal (exhibition)	Hard	F	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–4
27	1982	Seattle (exhibition)	Hard		Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
28	1982	San Francisco (exhibition)	Hard		Jimmy Connors	7–5, 7–6
29	1983	Chicago (exhibition)	Carpet	RR	Bjorn Borg	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
30	1983	Tokyo Suntory Cup (exhibition)	Carpet	F	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–4

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

Davis Cup

ATP International Series

exhibition matches

See also

• List of tennis rivalries