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1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final

1980 tennis match

1980 tennis match

FieldValue
match descWimbledon 1980 Men's Final
match dateSaturday, 5 July 1980
tournamentThe Championships, Wimbledon
locationCentre Court, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London, England
umpirePeter Harvey
duration3 hours 53 minutes
player1SWE **Björn Borg**
player2USA John McEnroe
p1 s11
p2 s1**6**
p1 s2**7**
p2 s25
p1 s3**6**
p2 s33
p1 s4616
p2 s4**718**
p1 s5**8**
p2 s56
p1 seed1
p2 seed2

Main article: 1980 Wimbledon Championships, 1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

The 1980 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the gentlemen's singles tournament at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. After 3 hours and 53 minutes of play, the four-time defending champion Björn Borg defeated John McEnroe 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(16–18), 8–6 to win the match. McEnroe saved seven championship points during the match but ultimately lost to Borg in what was regarded at the time as the greatest tennis match ever played (it would later be compared to the 2008 men's singles final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal).

Match

The match was eagerly awaited as not only was it a clash between the top two seeds, it was also viewed as a meeting of opposites:

At the start of the final, McEnroe was booed by the crowd as he entered Centre Court, because of the heated exchanges he had had with officials during his semi-final victory over Jimmy Connors.

In the final's fourth-set tiebreaker that lasted 20 minutes, McEnroe saved five championship points and eventually won 18–16.{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_history/3742063.stm|title=Classic Matches: Borg v McEnroe |url-status=live McEnroe, however, could not break Borg's serve in the fifth set, which the Swede won 8–6.

Significance

This match was called the best Wimbledon final by ESPN's countdown show "Who's Number One?" and "one of the three or four greatest sporting events in history" by ESPN English speaking personality Mike Greenberg. In 1999, it ranked #10 on ESPN's SportsCentury's Ten Greatest Games of the 20th Century. In a 2002 UK poll conducted by Channel 4, the British public voted the match #10 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments. The New York Times tennis writer Neil Amdur wrote in 2011: "I covered the 1980 Wimbledon men’s singles final between McEnroe and Borg. Until the 2008 Nadal–Federer classic at the All England Club, the Borg–McEnroe five-setter at Wimbledon was the greatest tennis match I had ever seen, but after watching chunks of the 3:53 McEnroe–Borg final at an HBO screening, I am tempted again to reaffirm its place as the sport’s single most compelling piece of court magic".

References

References

  1. Alan Little. "2009 Wimbledon Compendium".
  2. "Daily News from New York, New York on July 6, 1980 · 34".
  3. Malcolm Folley. (25 September 2014). "Borg versus McEnroe". Headline.
  4. (15 December 2017). "Backhanded Complements". [[The Times Literary Supplement]].
  5. "#10: 1980 Wimbledon Men's Singles Final". In ''ESPN SportCentury's Ten Greatest Games of the 20th Century''. ABC-TV. Original Air Date: 23 May 1999. Hosted by Al Michaels.
  6. "1980 Wimbledon Gentleman's Final". (1999). In ''ESPN SportsCentury''. Michael MacCambridge, Editor. New York: Hyperion-ESPN Books. p.259.
  7. "100 Greatest Sporting Moments - Results". [[Channel 4]].
  8. "McEnroe–Borg 1980: A Great Match Endures". The New York Times.
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