Scanlon was scheduled to play Borg, whom Lendl had recently beaten for the first time. Riding from the stadium to the hotel, Scanlon asked Lendl for some advice on playing the great Swede.

By the time Lendl started that 17 match streak, Connors was 32. He was 30 when McEnroe began to get the best of him. But when Borg began to dominate Connors, Jimbo was still a sprightly 27 - and ...

13 - Since 1973, Jannik Sinner is the fifth player aged 23 or under to claim 13+ ATP top 10 wins in consecutive seasons after ...

The ATP Finals closes the year with eight contenders who have seven major titles between them. It's an open field without the ...

It might well have been, had Borg not retired in 1983 at the ripe young age of 26, depriving tennis fans of who-knows-how-many classic battles between the cool Swede and volatile American in the ...

Bjorn Borg (1977-79) and Ivan Lendl (1980-82) both earned 13 or more top 10 wins in three consecutive seasons while in this age bracket, while Pete Sampras (1993-94) and Rafael Nadal (2008-09) did it ...

It can't be true, but it is. He's got more Grand Slams than McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and Ivan Lendl, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. You name them, and he has beaten them, at least in the ...

Surfline’s longest-tenured forecast team member, the enigmatic Chris Borg started working with the late, great Sean Collins in 1984. “Surfline needed a forecaster,” he explains, applying his ...

He dethroned Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon, winning three championships ... third most behind Jimmy Connors' 109 and Ivan Lendl's 94. He won 17 Grand Slam championships, including nine in men's doubles ...

IVAN LENDL earned his fortune as one of the greatest tennis players of his generation. He put his custom-built mesmerising 445-acre Connecticut estate on the market early in 2021 and handed over ...

Andy Murray has the potential to become a great coach and should be an inspiration for Casper Ruud, according to Eurosport expert Mats Wilander.