On this day - 3 July

Björn Borg is widely considered one of the greats in the sport of tennis. On July 3rd 1976, at age 20, he won at Wimbledon. He went on to repeat his Wimbledon win and achieved five consecutive Wimbledon titles between 1976 and 1980.

He is one of five male singles players to have achieved the Channel Slam by winning both Wimbledon and the French Open in the same year and is the only man to have achieved this three times. Wimbledon and the French Open are played under very different conditions with Wimbledon on grass and the French Open on clay courts with little time between the two, making this feat even harder.