Bjorn Borg

What was there not to like in the long-haired, blond Swede with the lethal ground game? With cold water coursing through his veins, Bjorn Borg conquered tennis in the late 1970s, winning famous matches against Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. Borg dominated Wimbledon from 1976 through 1980, winning the trophy five straight years.

Bjorn Borg's pro tennis career began at the age of 14 when he represented Sweden in the Champions Trophy in 1972. He won his maiden Grand Slam championship two weeks after turning 18 in 1974, becoming the youngest male French Open winner at the time. The Swede would go on to create some of tennis' greatest rivalries, challenging John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors for supremacy in the late 1970s. Regrettably, he was forced to withdraw from playing tennis at twenty - five due to the continual strain.

Borg spent a combined 109 weeks as world number one throughout his brief career and earned 11 Grand Slam championships (5 Wimbledon and 6 French Open). He won four straight French Open championships and 5 successive Wimbledon crowns as a result of his domination on grassland and clay courts (along with his colleague Roger Federer).

Date of birth: 6 June, 1956

Career Titles: 101

Prize Money: ~3.6M