Brief History:

BBEFORE THE YOUNG PHENOMENONS WERE SOMETHING COMMON IN TENNIS, WE COULD SAY THAT BJORN BORG WAS THE FIRST ONE, SINCE HE MADE HIS "DEBUT" PLAYING IN DAVIS CUP FOR HIS COUNTRY SWEDEN WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD AGAINST NEW ZEALAND, IN THE SPRING OF 1972, DEFEATING THE SEASONED NEW ZEALANDER ONNY PARUN IN 5 DRAMATIC SETS. IN 1975 AND WITH ONLY 19 YEARS OLD, HE DEFEATED THE FORMER WIMBLEDON CHAMPION JAN KODES OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, TO CLINCH THE DAVIS CUP FOR HIS COUNTRY. IN THE SAME YEAR BORG WON HIS 10 SINGLES PLAYING FOR SWEDEN IN DAVIS CUP AND AT THE END OF HIS CAREER IN 1981 HE WOULD ACHIEVE UNTIL TODAY AN UNBEATABLE RECORD OF 33 MATCHES WON IN A ROW IN THIS COMPETITION. IN THE GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENTS HIS RECORD IS ALSO INCREDIBLE. FROM THE YEAR 1973 UNTIL HIS LAST TOURNAMENT IN THE US OPEN IN 1981 HE HAD 141 VICTORIES AND 16 DEFEATS, THAT GIVES HIM AN AVERAGE OF 90 PERCENT OF EFFECTIVENESS, SUPERIOR PERCENTAGE TO ALL THE PLAYERS OF THE 20TH. CENTURY. IN WIMBLEDON FOR EXAMPLE, HE WON 41 CONSECUTIVE MATCHES, LOSING THE NUMBER 42 AGAINST JOHN MC ENROE. THE PREVIOUS YEAR THEY PLAYED THE A MATCH CONSIDERED AS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, WHERE BORG WINS: 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6. IT IS INCREDIBLE HIS RECORD IN THE MOST IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT CONSIDERING THAT HE GREW UP IN CLAY WHERE HE WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST OF ALL, WINING AN AMAZING 49 MATCHES IN THE FRENCH OPEN LOSING ONLY 2 AND WINNING 6 TOURNAMENTS IN THE PROCESS.