The SAD Story of Björn Borg
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- The legendary Bjorn Borg was one of the finest tennis players ever to play on the court. He had a prosperous career and a tragic one as well. Borg embraced the game at an early age with massive motivation from his father, Rune Borg, who gifted his Golden racket to Borg to prepare him for what lay ahead. He was forced to retire relatively early and even attempted a short-lived comeback. But his final moment was not as sweet as his start. This video uncovers Borg’s glorious moments in tennis, his sudden retirement, and why he attempted a comeback.
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His story isn't sad. He had tremendous success in his lifetime and was absolutely ridiculously handsome when he was younger. He is not broke, as the video suggests. Yeah, he had a lot of ups and downs, but so do most people. I wouldn't exactly have a telethon for Bjorn.
Totally agree with you, as in many ways his life is the stuff of dreams - five Wimbledons in a row, six French Opens, and now a multi-millionaire.
Agree 100 %, In many ways a wonderful life. He had wife problem for a while but that has been sorted. His son is a good players. Sad maybe for his fans who wanted to see him play for longer
Agree 100 %, In many ways a wonderful life. He had wife problem for a while but that has been sorted. His son is a good players. Sad maybe for his fans who wanted to see him play for longer
No tennis player has , mail , broken his record of winning five consecutive Wimbledon titles.Federer has also won five consecutive titles but was beaten in his 6 final ,just like Borg.To this day .@@bostromberg4704
Sad for his fans
A legend and pure joy watching him play in his heyday.
Absolute legend. A hero to those who watched him play.
Definitely the most influential player in the game, he totally revolutionized the way tennis was being played.
They have said that about Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl as well. They all had different styles.
@@antonboludo8886It has to Borg 'cause he played topspin from both sides plus the two-handed backhand.
I think it's exactly what he said .... he lost the drive for winning, which for all players, and especially for him, was the single biggest motivation to continue on the tour. There's no doubt that losing to McEnroe two times in succession in '81 definitely took the wind out of his sails. However, he commented years later that he was growing weary of the tour, which is basically 24/7 and does not afford a player any real life outside of tennis. Personally, i think it's amazing that anyone can drum up the inspiration to live that regimented a life for years and years. We tend to put the top players on a pedestal, but it takes unfathomable effort for any player to live that life in and out, year after year. He was wonderful to have in the sport for time we all had him. That should be Bjorn's legacy for the sport.
An incredible Tennis player and athlete with the lowest pulse rate ever recorded in sport which gave him so much energy levels.What an athlete.
he was my idol in the 70's and the reason I started playing tennis. Of course he could have won more Grand Slam Tournaments, but at that time they were not so important and that's why he only played once in Australia.
My idol as well, and the reason I started to play (and continue to do so😊). Was lucky enough to meet him in the mid-2000s, when he came to London's Selfridges to relaunch his clothes range, and got him to sign the huge poster I'd had of him since 1980. He was very pleasant and charming, a class act in every way.
Björn Borg does not have a sad story. Also he is worth about $80 million in 2024. He was a great player and he is a great guy. ❤
why is he a great guy?
80m! 😮
Borg was the reason I started playing tennis at 9 years old. I had a Donnay racket with a double grip just like him. By the time I was 13 I was playing at the local university because I ran out of adults to beat. Changed my life.
In his comeback he refused to upgrade his racket! He was still using his old small racket, while the rest of the Tennis World had gone onto the graphic oversized rackets. Like bringing a knife to a gunfight!
Also way past physical prime
The change in rackets killed Tennis - now it is just muscle power - hit the ball as hard as you can - no movement, no thinking required
The old rackets did not generate as much power and so there was moving their opponent around, using the full court, strategy
@@ramaraksha01; very smart!
I don’t find this a sad story. He retired when he lost his desire to compete, so life happened according to his mindset. Seeing him play recently, for fun games with Federer and all, you can tell the pros still respect him and Borg looks like a happy guy.
He was instrumental in the insurgency of tennis in the 1970's. His style, charisma and coolness was an inspiration to many who picked up the game at that time. Courts and clubs were opening everywhere. Thanks to Borg.
Bjorn Borg was a true Sports man. A Legend of the game. Put tennis wear it is today.
"where it is today" he didn't dress in 'tennis'
As a teenager Borg was my tennis idol !
Anybody who plays top level tennis for 8, 10 years will know the stress and strain of being a consistent champion!-
If he decided he had had enough, with little motivation, so be it!
Armchair critics cannot understand the repetitive schedule of playing matches, training, living off a suitcase and hotel rooms, flights, injuries, recuperation, etc.
Post retirement, not all athletes have had a comfortable bank balance till old age
Geez talk about link bait. This story isn't sad, its the story of one of the greatest tennis players who arguably retired earlier than he should have. Borg will always be one of my favorites ever!
Yes, ...
HIS AURA CAN NEVER BE MATCHED, FEDEX, NADAL,DJOKOVIC, ETC.
He was a great player.
To this day no one has won more consecutive Wimbledon titles than Bjørn Borg .That says something.
You bet!
I used to travel with the Nuveen Masters Tour as a training partner/hitter to get all of the legends playing in the tournament ready for their matches. If Borg had a sad life, I’d be just fine having his sad life. He’s had quite the life.
What is amazing about Borg is that he won his grand slams on the fastest court Wimbledon and on the slowest court Roland Garos (French open) don’t know if anyone else has done that in consecutive years -😎
Nadal l did it twice
Borg did it 3 times. In a row! No one else will ever come close. Nadal ruled on clay but struggled on grass for the longest time.
Best grass court player ever IMHO. He did it without a massive serve and with a wooden racquet. Those McEnroe battles were epic.
Roger Federer says no
@@joedennehy386problème de génération,pour ceux qui l'on vu jouer,ou pas
@@joedennehy386 who's that?
He actually had a big serve when he decided to use it.
Best player ever. You just need to have watched him. He simply accomplished too much very quickly. His return to tennis is of nominal importance...
He quit while he was ahead - end of. He knew he was declining and decided to leave the game early instead of playing on and getting battered by the new stars. Maintaining tennis quality at the highest level requires huge passion and dedication - very few people have these.
A legend !
The brightest stars shine for the shortest period of time.
The amazing thing with Borg was that he was not a natural volley player. If you look at his games he seldom put away his volley immediately but had to repeat the volleys in order to score. Compare with another Swedish player Stefan Edberg who was a natural volley player and could finish off his opponent quickly. Winning Wimbledon five times with that disadvantage is nothing else but stunning. On clay court I would say he was almost unbeatable. His physique was of course out of this world and he had an endurance like few others. Sweden produced a number of great tennis players during some years but Borg stands out like a shining star. I guess he was fed up of tennis and had nothing more to prove, well maybe to win the US open that he never won despite being in several finals.
One of the greatest tennis players ever. There are only a handful of of players who have won both Wimbledon and French open events once. He won 11 of them. A feat which even none of the great trio or the great Laver came close to.
The Big Three had each other to contend with, Borg stood alone during his peak. But all four were giants of the sport.
It is sad that you call this a sad story. It is one of the most interesting stories in tennis history!
Borg became bigger than the sport itself. There was nowhere to go but down and when that started he quit and started to learn about life.
HE WAS, AND IS THE BEST. A LEGEND. AND THE FIRST !;
Truly a tennis legend.
How sad!
When you are sick of it, you are sick of it. There's no coming back. There has to be motivation to succeed.
Ah, those were the days of the "short shorts"
The Royal Teens 1957
He knew what he wanted: comic books and an easy relaxed life.
Retiring at the age of 26 was his big mistake.
His first wife was a big mistake. After he married her, it was all downhill. My guess nightclubs replaced training.
Borg story is not sad, Boris Bekker' story is.
I think his success was down to a very intensive, exhausting practice regime. Borg knew how much he worked to get to the top.
But with McEnroe getting his number on fast surfaces, Lendl being a threat on slow and racket technology about to change the game, he simply could not be bothered to go through all that hard work and re-setting of his game again.
I did feel he could have stayed a force on clay for quite a while but maybe his ego could not handle being world number 3 or so, due to McEnroe becoming unbeatable on the faster surfaces.
He threw in the towel, too much hard work and to be fair, too much to put his body through again.
I don't think Lendl was much of a threat to Borg back then, being that he didn't win his first slam until 1984. And even then, McEnroe should never have lost that French Open final - he was 2-0 up in sets. Also, in respect of McEnroe being unbeatable, it's easy to forget that he didn't win a slam in 1982, and only Wimbledon in 1983 (albeit that the players back then didn't go to the Australian Open most of the time). It's one of the biggest 'ifs' in sport, how many more slams might Borg have won. But, of course, even if he had played on, it would have been none if he didn't have the total desire and commitment...
I think he had great foresight and saw that the game was changing with players becoming more powerful . He may have felt like he couldn’t achieve the level of success he was accustomed to . Boris Becker won Wimbledon in 1985 .
@@xav9258Mac also said when Borg retired, a part of his motivation went with Bjorn.
Ivan Lendl!
Blast from my past😅
@@xav9258Actually John McEnroe was in the Australian Open 1983 , but lost to MATS Wilander in the semi final.
Borg a different kinda guy. I remember watch him and McEnroe and you sitting there in front of TV, and physical heart doing things, you know not healthy for a kid. Then you hear about 4 Swedish people get heart atack, watching Borg. SUPER excitement. Never seen anything THAT exciting. It probably how people, outside US, feel about World Cup. But we in the US and for a while, we have Borg/McEnroe. I like his chain smoking wife, when he in his prime.
Top player and very strong mentally! An example to all of us.
Very sad to hear his story. He was really humble and great.
The game was a lot different back then. The most interesting about Bjorn is all of these questions and discussions that followed his retirement to this day. I will never forget seeing him in Tehran when he was 17 years old. He was already the top ticket and the most anticipated player to watch. Guess what,, He was the best player to watch. He lost in the semifinals to Raul Ramirez from Mexico, who, to everyone's surprise, came to the net against him. Guillermo Villas beat Ramirez in the final.
Bjorn Borg was a great tennis player in his youth. It's hard coming back to being in form and in top shape, after being away from the sport for a long period of time. You get other younger talented players to compete with. You have to have the drive and motivation to come back. I don't really know. If you have injuries, it's hard coming back and trying to win tournaments.🤷
Another guy that took up tennis watching him play back in the 70s. Wished Borg hadn't tried to return but hindsight is 20/20.
Borg accomplished as much in tennis as anyone by the age of 25. He was a Borg--resistance was futile.
If this is a "sad" story then we should all be happy. He had amazing success and did what he wanted to do. Obviously he was an eccentric and complex character like a significant percentage of successful people. He has children and grand-children. He made a good amount of money and enjoyed success.
Many reasons. Great player at the age of 16, spoiled by lots of money and fame at an early age. He used to spend 8 hrs. a day practicing, special diets, training, traveling tournament after tournament, failed marriage, etc. Partying with Vitas Gerulaitis at Studio 54 and cocaine did not help. Not surprising that he burned out by age 28 and wanted to do something else with his life.
He was a heroic tennis player but then the competition too became stronger with agressive players like McEnroe coming to the fore.
I remember when he retired. He was still a great player but Lendl, Becker and McEnroe were breathing down his back. Without 100% motivation he couldn't continue to win tournaments against those players. Lendl was a real problem for the Swede.
It was a mental thing, regardless of losing to McEnroe, whose fans like to chirp that he quit because John beat him. Fact is he was burnt out before that. His focus and intensity wandered, and he was surprised by it. His reason makes perfect sense. If you don't or can't give 100% to every second on court, then don't play. Players like McEnroe were too good to allow him to get away with anything less than 100%. The mental slip was too much for him to psychologically overcome. If his attitude was different about competing, he probably would've won 5-6 more majors. After all, Mac finished his run shorty after. Borg had more winning majors in him. But, for him, that was never a consideration.
40 years later, I still remember watching the Borg Mcenroe Wimbledon matches.
Congratulations Bjorn for quitting on top of your game and never leaving memories of old washed up players. Oh - the n your comeback j leaving visions we never needed!😢
What? That's not "The SAD Story" of Bjorn Borg. The sadness of Bjorn Borg is common to every living person on the planet. In fact, the sadness of Bjorn Borg doesn't compare to the suffering of others like, for instance, the Palestinians in Gaza or the families of the Uvalde massacre. That's sadness. This video is yet another example of privileged narcissism. Bjorn Borg is living a brilliant life, one that many people would be fortunate to have.
The loss against McEnroe in 81 W final really did hurt him then he almost won 81 open a tournament he never won, with that he left,he’s not being honest, had he won either 81 W or open he would’ve played another year or two, he enjoyed tennis as long as he was winning. If you look at how he reacted winningW the answer is all there . He says he didn’t care after losing 81 W and he’s not being honest .
It was the 1980/1981 US Open final defeats that hurt Borg, not the Wimbledon 81 defeat. It was the one major title he wanted - the players back then did not go to the Australian Open, and it was viewed as a lesser tournament.
You keep on commenting on how players looked on the Australian Open, one even said it was considered a lesser tournament. John McEcnroe played in in the Australian Open in 1983 were he reached the semifinals and lost to Mats Wilander.
Was my favourite player at that time. Din’t feel like watching tennis after his retirement. Started again when Federer started playing. Now it’s the same. Don’t watch a lot. Such players come once in a generation.
Quickest movement I ever saw was him running to the net to return a drop shot. Unreal speed.
The video wrongly infers that his opponent in the 1976 Wimbledon final was Guillermo Vilas. It was Ilie Nastase and Borg won in straight sets. Furthermore, in the late 70s Borg had made a trip to Australia to compete in the Australian Open but had lost in an early round then decided to go surfing - some irreverent press releases inferred that Borg had 'deliberately' lost his match so that he could go surfing. Borg was not appreciative of the comment(s). He said he would return if and when he won the US Open. Well, he never won the US Open but did return to Australia for a series of matches in the early 80s - after the epic 1980/1 finals - and defeated McEnroe several times in this series. As McEnroe said at the time - 'playing him is getting to be not fun anymore'. Borg is and remains a true champion of the sport. Why he retired at what was (and is) a relatively young age - he had lost the will and motivation to win in the game.
As a young man, I sold tennis clothing at Bloomingdales ... Fila kit was crazy expensive ... but bc Bjorn wore it, they bought it
The "modern game" owes Borg everything.
For me he was the Goat
it's always difficult for a profssional athlete to come back after an extensive layoff from the game. phsically they may be fine but their competitive toughness is gone.
Anyone watching knew McEnroe could make anyone want to quit tennis, psychologically and due to his talent. I think all the joy was lost for him. It's a shame because if he had stuck it out, he perhaps would have eventually found a couple more wins. But he still succeeded with his clothing business so we are all happy for him. He was my favorite player but now I put Mcenroe right up there with him. Of course, there were none like Fed.
Borg was a great player and sportsman. I loved watching him playing tennis and in some way he inspired me to start playing at the age of 32. Stefan Edberg also inspired me.
Such a great sportsman he ran away after losing
He didn't have a sad career. Quite the opposite. His comeback wasn't taken terribly seriously by Borg. This video fails to mention that he came back using the equipment 10 years earlier. Wood rackets were nearly gone. The game had gotten much faster, more topspin, more pace. He was still playing his old style and it was not translating.
Personaje ilustre ale rachetei de tenis....ma consider norocoasa ca am fost contemporana cu acesti monstri sacri....
He never got used to the new rackets, which his competitors had had since berth and that's the reason as to why he could not compete with the upcoming generation in his attempt to come back.
Borg is like anyone else who loses the "eye of the tiger", or desire. Once you lose the motivation, the desire to train and play, its over.
The only thing SAD is the title of this post.
A much happier story than his brother Cy!
A legend
Wow 😮!
I do wish people who do the vlogs would stop and think…..sad in the title of it NEVER
he lost his mojo nothing more nothing less.
He was brilliant in his hay day but the higher you rise the sharper the knifes, so the clothing empire he started failed ( it’s better to attempt and fail then fail to attempt).
In my eyes he is the cream of the crop along with McEnroe , Connor’s, and there friendship stands for respect.
Above all, he is known for his character.
Borg great personnage,i have met him in Marbella and verbier.
He played against the best in the sport's history. That's why coming back was unsuccessful.
my favourite
True great.
Bjorn Borg was boen in Sodertalje, Sweden, not in Stokholm! I know, because I met him, and his book sayed so too!
If that a sad story, most of us are then screwed.
He, McEnroe and Connors had 3 different styles of playing, which made for great matches.
Together with Stenmark he forever changed young swedish kids attitude to sports by proving - its possible!
Random video. Talking about Connors, showing Lendl etc. He wasn't sad - he had an awesome career.
You win some and you lose some, there is nothing sad about this. This clip should not be titled The Sad story about Bjorn Borg. Just inappropriate.
I don't think Borg could play the game unless he dominated. After the loss to McEnroe in 81 he knew it was a changing of the guard. I will always remember that 80 final for its gripping intensity.
The Iceman felt the heat too much and melted away
Borg's story is not sad at all. Click bait title.
Borg winning 5 straight Wimbledon titles and numerous other titles sure isn't sad to me. There was I believe a Wimbledon match between Borg and McEnroe that's still said to be the greatest match in the history of tennis.
He was a great tennis player in my book and with a wooden racket and a one handed backhand. That's how I first was taught to play tennis also.
Borg's playing inspired me to take lessons and learn to play.
The only sad thing was Borg retiring and me smongst all his other fans not being able to see him play anymore.
Borg was always a gentleman on court and I miss him. Damn cute too and still is for his age
Success is not the same as happiness. He had a troubled pov respecting losses, like other great sportsmen. For example , Ayrton Senna, who was rarely too happy after a win but deeply disgusted after a loss. That is a recipe for unhappiness, as life brings many wins AND many losses.
His excessive consumption of pills and his, admitted, ridiculous come back (without preparation and with an old racket) were symptoms of something wrong in his approach to things.
Ironically, he seems to do pretty well nowadays, in the happiness aspect, although he is no longer a "celebrity" 🙂
I am happy that he , finally, won the greatest Big Slam: The Life. 👏
One the greatest players ever tennis has seen . But as they say that's all folks.
Borg has his own clothing line.
For all his brilliance and success, he is not one all the all-time greats. He never won a grand slam in the US, or the Australian Open. Eleven grand slams seems small change, when you look at Djokovic, Federer and Nadal. All of these three exceeded 20 grand slams or more and won all the four majors:
What a crock. This is not sad. I wish I had his "sad" life to win 11 majors and retire at 26.
The age of accuracy and finesse was replaced by the age of power and velocity. ***Technology**** Tennis and Golf both are no longer about strategy, thinking or athletic ability. Muscle muscle, muscle.
Tears for a rich guy , that never did anything for charity?
none here
Bjorg made it a habit to win back to back French Open and Wimbledon for a few years. Probably at a time when the surfaces were at their extreme contrasts. Not Pete, Agassi, Mac, Fed, Nadal or Djoko have achieved that feat.
Why the title saying the sad story of Bjorn Borg? Did hear click bait?
How bad can things be he’s born in Sweden so even bad is pretty good
He should have come back immediately after the break
Borg lived a good life
Er I think he is still alive and certainly enjoying life!!!!
He went to prison
@@clivebaxter6354 Prison? Er ,I think you are confusing him with a certain player from Germany ,not Sweden .I know he had some trouble with taxes in Sweden but this was sorted out and he is now living in Central Stockholm.
i get to know the brand FILA cos of him..
Consider changing the "sad" title to "A Look into the Career of". Easy to recover from. Keep it real for your followers and those of tennis interest. It's just a career story, nothing sad about it.
What sad life? He just did not want to continue playing at this level and then just moved on to other projects.
im 59 Borg was my era.
when you dont have the mind to play and win you wont even be competitive. Its like any sport once you are done your done. Mike Tyson comes to mind. He even said his heart wasnt in it anymore. You can have all the skills but with no drive you cant win. Hard to admit but you have to move on.
No mention of his losses at the US open?
Right! I'm sure this was one of the main reasons why he decided to quit. Losing 4 finals in NYC should have been incredibly frustrating to him.