Career 1992 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 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: Vilas 1,197 matches, Borg 747 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. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 63 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 64 total · best 1
0.0 4 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 11 total · best 1
70.3 First serve in % 55.8
60.0 First-serve points won % 65.9
41.2 Break points saved % 50.0
40.0 Return points won % 33.2
Head to head 5 22 matches since 1973 17
Clay · 14 matches Vilas 3 Borg 11 Carpet · 5 matches Vilas 1 Borg 4 Grass · 2 matches Vilas 1 Borg 1 Hard · 1 match Vilas 0 Borg 1 Grand Slams · 3 matches Vilas 0 Borg 3 Finals · 9 matches Vilas 1 Borg 8 Last meetings 5 May 1980 · Nations Cup · Semifinal · Clay Vilas won 6-3 1-6 6-1 31 Mar 1980 · Monte Carlo WCT · Final · Clay Borg won 6-1 6-0 6-2 8 Feb 1980 · Pepsi Grand Slam · Semifinal · Clay Borg won 6-2 6-3 10 Feb 1979 · Pepsi Grand Slam · Semifinal · Clay Borg won 6-3 6-3 29 Jan 1979 · Richmond WCT · Final · Carpet Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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