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Photo of the Day: Björn Borg celebrating his 5th Wimbledon title, 1980

Björn Borg celebrating his 5th Wimbledon title, 1980.

Winning Percentages of All Time Top Players on All Surfaces

Here are the winning percentages of the top players of all time on all surfaces.

All surfaces % * W–L
1. Sweden Björn Borg 82.72 608–127
2. Spain Rafael Nadal 82.34 550–118
3. United States Jimmy Connors 82.29 1217–262
4. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 81.76 1071–239
5. United States John McEnroe 81.55 875–198
6. Switzerland Roger Federer 81.32 814–187
7. Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia Novak Djokovic 78.32 401–111
8. United States Pete Sampras 77.44 762–222
9. Germany Boris Becker 76.91 713–214
10. Argentina Guillermo Vilas 76.78 919–278
* = minimum 400 wins

This all makes very interesting reading. It will be interesting to see if Djokovic can continue to rise. He needs a really good 2012 to pass Roger on this table!

Best Wimbledon Outfit

Bjorn Borg and Tim Henman look back at some of the memorable outfits from Wimbledon’s history. What do you think is the best Wimbledon outfit of all time?

Fila Is Reviving Its Signature 1970s Tennis Styles, Björn Borg is Back

It has been reported that Fila will be reviving their classic styles from the 1970′s. Back in the ’70s Fila had one of the strongest brands in the industry and their original style clothing was selling at the time. These days their brand has been slowly losing ground on the likes of Reebok, Nike and Adidas. Thus, they have decided to reissue the looks from their first tennis collection, the White Line, from 1973.

The range seems to be instantly recognisable, becuase of the great Bjorn Borg people the top player at the time.