Bjorn Borg
Sweden
DATE OF BIRTH
Wednesday, 6th June 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH
Sodertaljie, Sweden
RECORD IN GRAND SLAMS
French: Winner 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981. Quarterfinal 1976.
Wimbledon: Winner 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980. Runner-up 1981. Quarterfinal
1973, 1975.
U.S.: Runner-up 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981. Semifinal 1975. Quarterfinal
1979.
RECORD DURING: 1978. French Open & Wimbledon (Winner)
QUARTERFINALS. FRENCH OPEN 1978
BJORN BORG beat RAUL RAMIREZ 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
CORRADO BARAZZUTTI beat EDDIE DIBBS 6-2, 7-6, 6-1
DICK STOCKTON beat MANUEL ORANTES 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
GUILLERMO VILAS beat HANS GILDEMEISTER 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
SEMIFINALS
BJORN BORG beat CORRADO BARAZZUTTI 6-0, 6-1, 6-0
GUILLERMO VILAS beat DICK STOCKTON 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
FINAL
BJORN BORG beat GUILLERMO VILAS 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
QUARTERFINALS. WIMBLEDON
1978
BJORN BORG beat SANDY MAYER 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
TOM OKKER beat ILIE NASTASE 7-5, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
VITAS GERULAITIS beat BRIAN GOTTFRIED 7-5, 4-6, 9-7, 6-2
JIMMY CONNORS beat RAUL RAMIREZ 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
SEMIFINALS
BJORN BORG beat TOM OKKER 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
JIMMY CONNORS beat VITAS GERULAITIS 9-7, 6-2, 6-1
FINAL
BJORN BORG beat JIMMY CONNORS 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
John
McEnroe
U.S.A.
DATE OF BIRTH
Monday, 16th February 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH
Wiesbaden, Germany
RECORD IN GRAND SLAMS
Australian: Semifinal 1983.
French: Runner-up 1984. Semifinal 1985.
Wimbledon: Winner 1981, 1983, 1984. Runner-up 1980, 1982. Semifinal
1977, 1992.
U.S.: Winner 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984. Runner-up 1985. Semifinal 1978,
RECORD DURING: 1984. Wimbledon & U.S.
Open (Winner)
QUARTERFINALS. WIMBLEDON 1984
JOHN McENROE beat JOHN SADRI 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
PAT CASH beat ANDRES GOMEZ 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
JIMMY CONNORS beat PAUL ANNACONE 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
IVAN LENDL beat TOMAS SMID 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
SEMIFINALS
JOHN McENROE beat PAT CASH 6-3, 7-6, 6-2
JIMMY CONNORS beat IVAN LENDL 6-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
FINAL
JOHN McENROE beat JIMMY CONNORS 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
QUARTERFINALS. U.S. OPEN
1984
JOHN McENROE beat GENE MAYER 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
JIMMY CONNORS beat JOHN LLOYD 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
PAT CASH beat MATS WILANDER 7-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
IVAN LENDL beat ANDRES GOMEZ 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
SEMIFINALS
JOHN McENROE beat JIMMY CONNORS 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
IVAN LENDL beat PAT CASH 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
FINAL
JOHN McENROE beat IVAN LENDL 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
Ivan
Lendl
Czechoslovakia
DATE OF BIRTH
Monday, 7th March 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ostrava
RECORD IN GRAND SLAMS
Australian: Winner 1989, 1990. Runner-up 1983, 1991. Semifinal 1985,
1987, 1988.
French: Winner 1984, 1986, 1987. Runner-up 1981, 1985.
Wimbledon: Runner-up 1986, 1987. Semifinal 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990.
U.S.: Winner 1985, 1986, 1987. Runner-up 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989.
Semifinal 1991.
RECORD DURING: 1988-89. Victory at 1989
Australian Open
LAST 16. AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1989
GORAN IVANISEVIC beat LEONARDO LAVALLE 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
MILOSLAV MECIR beat CHRISTO VAN RENSBERG 6-4, 6-1, 6-0
JONAS SVENSSON beat BORIS BECKER 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
JAN GUNNARSSON beat MICHIEL SCHAPERS 7-6, 6-1, 6-2
THOMAS MUSTER beat MAGNUS GUSTAFSSON 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
STEFAN EDBERG beat PAT CASH 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
JOHN McENROE beat AARON KRICKSTEIN 7-6, 6-2, 6-3
IVAN LENDL beat AMOS MANSDORF 7-6, 6-4, 6-2
QUARTERFINALS
MILOSLAV MECIR beat GORAN IVANISEVIC 7-5, 6-0, 6-3
JAN GUNNARSSON beat JONAS SVENSSON 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
THOMAS MUSTER beat STEFAN EDBERG by walkover
IVAN LENDL beat JOHN McENROE 7-6, 6-2, 7-6
SEMIFINALS
MILOSLAV MECIR beat JAN GUNNARSSON 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
IVAN LENDL beat THOMAS MUSTER 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
FINAL
IVAN LENDL beat MILOSLAV MECIR 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
Jimmy Connors
U.S.A.
DATE OF BIRTH
Tuesday, 2nd September 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH
Belville, Illinois, U.S.A.
RECORD IN GRAND SLAMS
Australian: Winner 1974. Runner-up 1975.
French: Semifinal 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985.
Wimbledon: Winner 1974, 1982. Runner-up 1975, 1977, 1978, 1984.
Semifinal 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987.
U.S.: Winner 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983. Runner-up 1975, 1977.
Semifinal 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991.
RECORD DURING: U.S. Open 1983 (Winner)
LAST 16. U.S. OPEN 1983
BILL SCANLON beat JOHN McENROE 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
MARK DICKSON beat JOHN LLOYD 6-7, 7-6, 6-0, 7-6
JIMMY CONNORS beat HEINZ GUNTHARDT 7-5, 6-4, 6-1
ELIOT TELTSCHER beat GREG HOLMES 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
JIMMY ARIAS beat JOAKIM NYSTROM 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-0
YANNICK NOAH beat AARON KRICKSTEIN 6-3, 7-6, 6-3
MATS WILANDER beat ANDRES GOMEZ 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
IVAN LENDL beat JOHAN KRIEK 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
QUARTERFINALS
BILL SCANLON beat MARK DICKSON 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
JIMMY CONNORS beat ELIOT TELTSCHER 7-6, 6-2, 6-2
JIMMY ARIAS beat YANNICK NOAH 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
IVAN LENDL beat MATS WILANDER 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
SEMIFINALS
JIMMY CONNORS beat BILL SCANLON 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
IVAN LENDL beat JIMMY ARIAS 6-2, 7-6, 6-1
FINAL
JIMMY CONNORS beat IVAN LENDL 6-3, 6-7,
7-5, 6-0
Arthur
Ashe
U.S.A.
DATE OF BIRTH
Saturday, 10th July 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
RECORD IN GRAND SLAMS
Australian: Winner 1970. Runner-up 1971. Semifinal 1978. Quarterfinal
1977.
French: Quarterfinal 1971.
Wimbledon: Winner 1975. Semifinal 1968, 1969.
U.S.: Winner 1968. Runner-up 1972. Semifinal 1969, 1971. Quarterfinal
1970, 1974.
RECORD DURING: U.S. Open
1968 (Winner) & Australian Open 1970 (Winner)
LAST 16. U.S. OPEN 1968
CLIFF DRYSDALE beat ROD LAVER 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
ARTHUR ASHE beat ROY EMERSON 6-4, 9-7, 6-2
JOHN NEWCOMBE beat TORBEN ULRICH 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
CLARK GRAEBNER beat GENE SCOTT 7-5, 6-0, 6-3
DENNIS RALSTON beat NIKKI PILIC 2-6, 6-2, 5-7, 13-11, 6-3
KEN ROSEWALL beat RON HOLMBERG 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 8-6
TOM OKKER beat PETER CURTIS 8-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
PANCHO GONZALES beat TONY ROCHE 8-6, 6-4, 6-2
QUARTERFINALS
ARTHUR ASHE beat CLIFF DRYSDALE 8-10, 6-3, 9-7, 6-4
CLARK GRAEBNER beat JOHN NEWCOMBE 5-7, 11-9, 6-1, 6-4
KEN ROSEWALL beat DENNIS RALSTON 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
TOM OKKER beat PANCHO GONZALES 14-16, 6-3, 10-8, 6-3
SEMIFINALS
ARTHUR ASHE beat CLARK GRAEBNER 4-6, 8-6, 7-5, 6-2
TOM OKKER beat KEN ROSEWALL 8-6, 6-4, 6-8, 6-1
FINAL
ARTHUR ASHE beat TOM OKKER 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
LAST 16. AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1970
TONY ROCHE beat GERALD BATTRICK 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
ROGER TAYLOR beat BOB LUTZ 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 12-10, 6-3
TOM OKKER beat JOHN ALEXANDER 7-5, 10-8, 10-12, 4-6, 6-4
DICK CREALY beat STAN SMITH 6-4, 6-4, 14-12
RAY RUFFELS beat NIKKI PILIC 7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
ARTHUR ASHE beat BILL BOWREY 6-3, 9-7, 6-4
DENNIS RALSTON beat ALLAN STONE 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
JOHN NEWCOMBE beat PHIL DENT 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
QUARTERFINALS
ROGER TAYLOR beat TONY ROCHE 9-7, 7-5, 7-5
DICK CREALY beat TOM OKKER 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
ARTHUR ASHE beat RAY RUFFELS 6-8, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
DENNIS RALSTON beat JOHN NEWCOMBE 19-17, 20-18, 4-6, 6-3
SEMIFINALS
DICK CREALY beat ROGER TAYLOR 6-4, 9-11, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
ARTHUR ASHE beat DENNIS RALSTON 6-3, 8-10, 6-3, 2-1 (ret.)
FINAL
ARTHUR ASHE beat DICK CREALY 6-4, 9-7, 6-2
