The headband game was strong with John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club back in the day.
part of a decade.
Between the two they won eight of the nine Wimbledon Championships contested between 1976-1984. (Borg won five straight [’76-’80]). Perhaps the most memorable of all the matches contested (they met in only two Wimbledon finals, 1980 and 1981) was the fourth-set tiebreaker of that 1980 championship. With Borg leading the match two sets to one, McEnroe prevailed 18-16 in this epic 20-plus minute tiebreaker, before falling 8-6 in the decisive fifth set. (See the entire tiebreaker below.)
Just for fun, here is John McEnroe’s commencement address to the Stanford University Class of 2023 from last month. It is, shall we say, on brand for Johnny Mac.
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