Here are some games from the 1975 Us Open played by the unseen Bjorn Borg

Here are some games from the 1975 Us Open played by the unseen Bjorn Borg - Rod Laver pair.

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@jonathanuy2859 Ай бұрын

Awesome footage. With the gray Har-Tru courts, Borg and Laver’s bright red shirts, and their opponents in blue shirts-this appears to be the genesis of the Laver Cup “look”.

@rajeshafrica Ай бұрын

Wow. Priceless upload

@jdm839 Ай бұрын

Unreal find. Thanks!

@xav9258 Ай бұрын

Wow, I never knew Borg played with Laver in doubles. Thanks for uploading🙂.

@abradfordajb Ай бұрын

Excellent post. Love to see these old-time matches. Reveals the roots of today's game.

@doutrea.e.992 Ай бұрын

Many thanks for this!!! Dream to see the entire match!

@simonerastelli5874 Ай бұрын

Great! This is something astonishing! So rare! Thank you so mutch! 🙏🙏🙏

@alberts2208 Ай бұрын

Amazing you found this match! Thanks.

@pelehound Ай бұрын

Thx. You're the best tennis pro history. I live for these.

@fplat Ай бұрын

what a logo!!!

@pelehound Ай бұрын

@@fplat gracias

@TENNISPROHISTORY Ай бұрын

More to come!

@lancer3412 Ай бұрын

Yet another gem. Jimmy sure changed his tune about doubles.This was the last US Open that he played doubles, and won it. Actually, it was pretty much the 76 US Open when he stopped playing doubles on the tour. He played a couple times over the rest of his career, but never regularly again. Bill Talbert did color throughout the 75 tournament. I think he's pretty good.

@somersetman1871 Ай бұрын

Amazing footage - Thank you! There is one match I have never seen any clips from - 1980 McEnroe/Lendl US Open QF. Would love to see some of that!

@roberthale2268 Ай бұрын

Fishbach playing with the Red Head. I didn't realize that it was out in '75. I superior racquet IMO to the woodies. Great watch.

@rikneverendingtoys7456 Ай бұрын

Peter Fishback later used the infamous “Spaghetti Racket” 😈

@TENNISPROHISTORY Ай бұрын

No, the brother

@dcb113 Ай бұрын

Saw Borg play Laver at the February WCT tournament in Toronto around this time.

@brucee6123 Ай бұрын

That's some backhand overhead from Fishbach

@alkacil2504 Ай бұрын

Historical footage ! The best player of the pre-modern era with the inventor of modern tennis playing together !

@TheWanderingPensioner Ай бұрын

And no fist-bumping or hand-slapping after every point 🙂.

@shreenatha464 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this footage .... BTW, 3;13, was that a foot fault from the Great Legend ... And, were Laver and Borg playing as 2 individuals rather than a Team

@pelehound Ай бұрын

Surprised no one mentioned so here we go. Peter is the bro of Mike Fishbach, who would land in tennis lore 2 years later at this same Open with a very unique racket.

@TENNISPROHISTORY Ай бұрын

Spaghetti

@Becksdad0803 Ай бұрын

Is it me or does Jimmy's voice sound a little like Andre Agassis voice?

@hendrik19601 Ай бұрын

I think Connors is commenting here, he won this doubles competition this year with Nastase

@quentincrisp6933 Ай бұрын

"Over $300K in prize money" "ever think that day would come Bill?"😂🤔

@alexandermayer2026 Ай бұрын

Fagel had the best forehand of the four. Nobody realizes just how bad Bjorn’s volley was.

@bigkahunaburger5185 Ай бұрын

$310,000 in total prize money.

@lenwelch2195 Ай бұрын

The announcers don’t understand topspin and are negative toward Laver and especially Borg who wins.

@roberthale2268 Ай бұрын

It was not that well understood in 75.

@lenwelch2195 Ай бұрын

@@roberthale2268 not so. There was Vilas, Borg, even Laver played with severe topspin to make up for his short stature- it allowed weaker or shorter players to keep players back in the back court. Borg was not of the Us,neither was Laver. The networks supported US stars like connotes , Evert who hit the ball flat at Open our national slam. The commentators used every opportunity to slam Laver and Borg as doubles players although they won and had lead the entire first set. In other words the topspin helped them to win while commentators disparaged their play with “ that’s a terrible doubles play, you hit down the center and as you close you hit angled volleys.” That serve by Borg was hit so shallow in service box- what he didn’t realize was that due to topspin while the players waited for the ball to dip after bouncing with topspin had same effect as a serve hit deep in the service box. Their comments were not due to an understanding of tennis.they looked to disparage Laver for his age “ do you think he will last playing that much at his age ? He won grand slam just 6 yrs before so I think so. He won this match. Nationalism mixed with ignorance of topspin effects when topspin was played by almost every clay court player at the time. These commentators were supposed to be experts in their field in order to commentate . Nationalism, impartial critiques. Funny how they never disparaged the American players play even though they were behind in the score and lost.