Career 1993 1992 1991 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 Too close to call — 7–7 on categories Borg wins on titles. Connors’s case rests on first serve in %. ATP Tour career: Connors 1,549 matches, Borg 747 matches.
Borg has 64 titles (one every 10 matches) to Connors’ 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches). Borg averages 3.8 aces a match to Connors’ 1.7 — 2.2 times as many. Connors has the better first serve in %: 65.1 to Borg’s 55.8. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Borg 747 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 111 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 64 total · best 1
0.0 8 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 11 total · best 1
65.1 First serve in % 55.8
62.8 First-serve points won % 65.9
57.2 Break points saved % 50.0
40.6 Return points won % 33.2
Head to head 8 23 matches since 1973 15
Carpet · 7 matches Connors 2 Borg 5 Hard · 6 matches Connors 3 Borg 3 Clay · 6 matches Connors 3 Borg 3 Grass · 4 matches Connors 0 Borg 4 Grand Slams · 8 matches Connors 3 Borg 5 Finals · 13 matches Connors 5 Borg 8 Last meetings 1 Sept 1981 · US Open · Semifinal · Hard Borg won 6-2 7-5 6-4 22 June 1981 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · Grass Borg won 0-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4 14 Jan 1981 · Masters · Semifinal · Carpet Borg won 6-4 6-7 6-3 19 Feb 1980 · Salisbury WCT · Round robin · Carpet Borg won 6-3 6-1 9 Jan 1980 · Masters · Round robin · Carpet Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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