NEW YORK (AP)—Bjorn Borg will face longtime rival John McEnroe in a World Team Tennis match, replacing injured Jimmy Connors. Borg’s Philadelphia Freedoms will play McEnroe’s New York ...

It might well have been, had Borg not retired in 1983 at the ripe young age of 26, depriving tennis fans of who-knows-how-many classic battles between the cool Swede and volatile American in the ...

While tennis fans enjoyed Connors' gritty style and his never-say ... Three times he lost in the finals, to Arthur Ashe in 1975 and to Bjorn Borg in 1977 and 1978. The 1977 defeat to Borg was ...

But Borg, in particular ... conversation that Evert remembers as lasting six hours, and Connors just a few seconds. Either way, tennis’s summer of love had run its course.

Jimmy Connors holds the record for the most ATP singles titles won on indoor courts in the Open Era. Roger Federer is the ...

Rivalries. Borg had McEnroe and Connors, the baddest of the bad boys. They were the anti-heroes and everyone else got to wear the white headband. Lendl, the Al Gore of tennis, got the same break.

The golden era in men's tennis is now unquestionably ... for posterity alongside his eight major titles. Borg was the initial beneficiary of Connors' French Open absence, winning back-to-back ...

For many tennis fans, rivalries are what keeps the sport going. A plethora of storylines can emerge simply from the best of ...

The capstone to the 2024 men’s pro tennis tour—the Nitto ATP Finals tournament—starts today in Turin, Italy, featuring the ...

Completing the 2024 field is four-time participant Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud - who lost to Djokovic in the final of the 2022 ...

NEW YORK (AP) Bjorn Borg will face longtime rival John McEnroe in a World Team Tennis match, replacing injured Jimmy Connors. Borg's Philadelphia Freedoms will play McEnroe's New York Sportimes on ...