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Borg vs McEnroe (Swedish: Borg, Finnish: Borg/McEnroe) is a 2017 biographical sports drama film, focusing on the famous professional rivalry between tennis players, Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, culminating in their encounter in the men's singles final, one of the most dramatic tennis matches of all time.
The Borg–McEnroe rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Björn Borg and John McEnroe, who met 14 times on the regular tour and 22 times in total between November 1978 and April 1981. Their head-to-head was even at 7–7.
Apr 13, 2018 · Borg vs. McEnroe: Directed by Janus Metz. With Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny. The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
- (35K)
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Janus Metz
- 2018-04-13
Jun 21, 2018 · 34 points that defined a rivalry. In the fourth set of their 1980 final, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe contested perhaps the greatest tie-break in Wimbledon history.
- 22 min
- 3.7M
- Wimbledon
Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 19, 2018 Full Review Richard Brody New Yorker "Borg vs. McEnroe" is an anecdotally gratifying, psychologically nuanced, and dramatically agile character study of Borg, but ...
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- Janus Metz
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- Sverrir Gudnason
Aug 28, 2021 · Borg, barely 25 at the time, was a six-time French Open champion and had also won five consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1976 to 1980 before McEnroe beat him in the 1981 final. Through much of...
Apr 13, 2018 · A film about the legendary tennis rivalry between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon championship. The review criticizes the film's simplistic portrayal of the characters, the lack of tension in the match scenes, and the missed opportunity of the final encounter.
