In his first final in 1976 he defeated Romanian Ilie Năstase in three straight sets. Then Borg met the then world set Jimmy Connors in two straight finals. Stone hard five set 1977, 6-4 in decisive set, and seemingly simple in 1978, 3-0 in set.
Serve specialist Roscoe Tanner led 2-1 in the set in 1979 but Borg turned and won by 6-4 in decisive. In 1980, Björn Borg and John McEnroe met in one of the foremost tennis matches of all time. An even five-pointer that Borg, in the end, won by 8-6 in decisive. A match that SVT shows in full today, at 16:05 in SVT 2.