Bjorn Borg
Bjorn Borg is a Swedish tennis player who dominated the sport in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning eleven Grand Slam titles including five consecutive Wimbledon championships.
His cool demeanor on court earned him the nickname "Ice Borg." The name also refers to a menswear brand he founded: He was wearing Bjorn Borg underwear.
- tennisRacquet sport over net
- SwedishOf a Nordic kingdom
- headbandForehead-worn fabric strip
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- WimbledonPremier grass-court championship
Centre Court · McEnroe · rivalry · ice · ice man · cool · baseline · topspin · two-handed backhand · racket · stoic · mental toughness · legend · grass · court · serve · volley · match point
- ScandinaviansEdvard Munch, Edvard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Ingmar Bergman
- tennisace, serve, forehand, backhand, volley
- Racket AthletesRoger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras
- Clay Courtsred clay, green clay, Roland Garros, French Open, Rafael Nadal
- Swedish Sportsice hockey, skiing, cross-country skiing, Nordic skiing, winter sports
- 1980 highlightsPac-Man, Empire Strikes Back, Mount St. Helens, Moscow Olympics, Iran hostage crisis
Bjorn BorgJohn McEnroe
Jimmy Connors · Andre Agassi · hothead · Pete Sampras · Serena Williams
Bjorn BorgJimmy Connors
Roger Federer · Martina Navratilova · Serena Williams · Rafael Nadal · Andre Agassi
Borg, born, borne, borough, burg, burger, burgher, bourgeois, bourgeoisie