Borg v Vilas
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst13–2
Bjorn Borg takes it, 13–2 on categories
Borg wins on titles. Vilas’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Borg 747 matches, Vilas 1,197 matches.
- Borg has 64 titles (one every 10 matches) to Vilas’ 63 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
- Borg has 11 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Vilas’ 4 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Vilas has the better first serve in %: 70.3 to Borg’s 55.8.
- Winners’ edge: Borg’s team won 82%, Vilas’s team won 76% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Vilas has 1,197 matches across 23 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.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.164 total · best 1Titlesper game0.163 total · best 1
- 0.011 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
- 55.8First serve in %70.3
- 65.9First-serve points won %60.0
- 50.0Break points saved %41.2
- 33.2Return points won %40.0
Head to head
1722 matches
since 19735
since 19735
- Clay · 14 matchesBorg 11Vilas 3
- Carpet · 5 matchesBorg 4Vilas 1
- Grass · 2 matchesBorg 1Vilas 1
- Hard · 1 matchBorg 1Vilas 0
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesBorg 3Vilas 0
- Finals · 9 matchesBorg 8Vilas 1
Last meetings
- 5 May 1980 · Nations Cup · Semifinal · ClayVilas won 6-3 1-6 6-1
- 31 Mar 1980 · Monte Carlo WCT · Final · ClayBorg won 6-1 6-0 6-2
- 8 Feb 1980 · Pepsi Grand Slam · Semifinal · ClayBorg won 6-2 6-3
- 10 Feb 1979 · Pepsi Grand Slam · Semifinal · ClayBorg won 6-3 6-3
- 29 Jan 1979 · Richmond WCT · Final · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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