In the last episodes of their rivalry, John McEnroe would then edge him at Wimbledon (4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4) and at the US Open (4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3). Borg had built most of his success on consistency, while the unpredictable McEnroe was the king of shot-making.Both players had serious reasons to believe in their own chances. In 1979, he became the youngest ever Wimbledon is the oldest and the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. This fourth loss in the final of the US Open would be Bjorn Borg’s last Grand Slam appearance. The Big ServeIf McEnroe had not served well, Borg probably would have received the $43,000 first prize of the $650,000 purse and the winner's trophy from the Duke and Duchess of Kent. ''The ball was out,'' Jenkins announced.Thinking the shot was good, McEnroe paused in the backcourt. But the pressure of maintaining the streak and harnessing his serve appeared to take its toll at 4-5. But with $22 center-court seats scalped for as much as $1,000 and a capacity crowd filled with European royalty, celebrities and standees who had lined up outside the grounds in sleeping bags for more than a week, the interest was unsurpassed.Even before the first serve, spectators shouted the names of the players and chanted ''Hooray!''
Die Highlights im Video (Videolänge: 25:57 Minuten). Borg, who had said that ''you can't play scared on your serve in a tiebreaker,'' faulted three of his four first serves and went out quietly. In March 2006, Bonhams Auction House in London announced that it would auction Borg's Wimbledon trophies and two of his winning rackets on 21 June 2006. McEnroe, the 22-year-old New Yorker, dominated the two tiebreakers, 7-1 and 7-4, with his deep, sharply-angled southpaw serve. In the last episodes of their rivalry, John McEnroe would then edge him at Wimbledon (4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4) and at the US Open (4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3).
Borg didn’t panic and he fought back in the next sets, coming more to the net than usual to prevent McEnroe from controlling the game and taking the net himself. Instead of 30-all, McEnroe was at 15-40, double set point. John McEnroe capped a tumultuous two weeks at Wimbledon today by ending Bjorn Borg's five-year reign and 41-match winning streak here with a four-set victory in the singles final.On the day that the tournament committee of the All England Club recommended a $10,000 fine for his stormy semifinal match against Rod Frawley, which could lead to a suspension, McEnroe showed that he could control his serve and temper when it counted, even when close calls went against him in stressful situations.The scores in the 3-hour-22-minute match were 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4. Loading... Unsubscribe from Wimbledon? It was the 95th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1981. The American outsped the Swede and quickly took the first set, 6-1.
In total, McEnroe would hold seven Grand Slam titles and would have spent 170 weeks as world no.1.Borg and McEnroe would face each other 14 times in total, each of them counting 7 wins. McEnroe got in all four of his first serves, and won all 4 points. McEnroe moved in on the second serve, pressured Borg's backhand and won the point with an overhead.
Bob Jenkins, the umpire, who had officiated at two previous McEnroe matches, overruled the linesman. In 2017, Borg vs McEnroe, a biographical film focusing on the rivalry between Borg and McEnroe and the 1980 Wimbledon final, was released.
Borg was attempting to equal William Renshaw's sixth consecutive Wimbledon title and Roy Emerson's all time record of 12 Grand Slam titles. Close the door and don't let him back in, McEnroe told himself, saving 2 break points from 15-40 in the third game of the fourth set and skidding a service winner to the backhand at 15-30 in the fifth game.Borg struggled from 15-40 and held to 4-all. He would be back but “Mac” would never obtain the same remarkable results and would not reach any more Grand Slam finals. Borg had not lost a single match at the All England Club since 1975, winning the four last editions of the tournament. Free shipping for many products! ''The extent to which McEnroe's first serve dominated play was reflected in the statistics: he won 82 of 104 points played on his first serve, a staggering 79 percent, but only 32 of 63 points played on his second. This time it was the American who prevailed and defeated Borg to end the Swede's run of 41 straight match victories at the All England Club. The last man to have beaten Borg at Wimbledon was Arthur Ashe in the fourth round in 1975. He had already managed to beat Borg three times in six encounters, and his aggressive game was made for grass.In the first set, Borg was maybe surprised by McEnroe’s confidence. Even with his 10 double faults, McEnroe's first serve emerged as the dominant weapon.
He had only occupied the spot for three weeks though, before he handed it back to Bjorn Borg. Everything made this eighth encounter between the two players exceptional, from their opposite game style and personality, to the drama of the match and the level of tennis displayed. The constant attention and pressure would eventually make him burn out and he would put an end to his professional career at the age of 26, holding 11 Grand Slam titles, having already won 64 tournaments and held the world no.1 spot for 109 weeks. Another second serve brought the American in for the clinching volley.TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers.This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. It was clay-court tennis on grass, McEnroe reasoned, and he would not play like Connors. Finale, Wimbledon 1981: John McEnroe gelingt die Final-Revanche gegen Björn Borg. But McEnroe volleyed behind his next two serves for 4-3, then swept Borg's two serves with a looping forehand cross-court pass and a backhand pass down in the line.McEnroe holds an edge on Borg in their tiebreakers.