Borg v Connors
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 7–7 on categories
Borg wins on titles. Connors’s case rests on first serve in %. ATP Tour career: Borg 747 matches, Connors 1,549 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.
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 game0.1111 total · best 1
- 0.011 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 55.8First serve in %65.1
- 65.9First-serve points won %62.8
- 50.0Break points saved %57.2
- 33.2Return points won %40.6
Head to head
1523 matches
since 19738
since 19738
- Carpet · 7 matchesBorg 5Connors 2
- Hard · 6 matchesBorg 3Connors 3
- Clay · 6 matchesBorg 3Connors 3
- Grass · 4 matchesBorg 4Connors 0
- Grand Slams · 8 matchesBorg 5Connors 3
- Finals · 13 matchesBorg 8Connors 5
Last meetings
- 1 Sept 1981 · US Open · Semifinal · HardBorg won 6-2 7-5 6-4
- 22 June 1981 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassBorg won 0-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4
- 14 Jan 1981 · Masters · Semifinal · CarpetBorg won 6-4 6-7 6-3
- 19 Feb 1980 · Salisbury WCT · Round robin · CarpetBorg won 6-3 6-1
- 9 Jan 1980 · Masters · Round robin · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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