Bjorn Borg was born in Sweden on June 6, 1956. He grew up just outside of Stockholm, in a town called Sodertalje. When Bjorn was 8 years old, his father won a ping pong tournament and the first prize was a tennis racket. He gave the racket to Bjorn. The next day Bjorn started to hit tennis balls against his garage door. Besides tennis, Bjorn also played ice-hockey. Apparently he could have become a great hockey player too. When Bjorn was 12, he managed to hit a few balls with Percy Rosberg, an established tennis coach at the SALK tennis club in Stockholm. Percy liked what he saw, and invited Bjorn to come and practice with him at SALK. The rest is history. Today Bjorn lives just outside of Stockholm, Sweden.

Interviewed by Swedish TV after loosing the finals of the Kungens Kanna (The Kings' Cup) in Stockholm. At age 14, Bjorn practices 9 hours per week, and plays ice-hockey on his days off from tennis. His goal is to play Davis Cup.

Training hard to be the best in the world

Stan Smith talks to Swedish TV about the up and coming Swede.

Interviewd by Swedish TV legend Lennart Hyland for a children's TV show. Bjorn is 17 at the time of this interview. He practices tennis 4 hours every day when he's not playing tournaments.

Success at the French Open, 1973.

Down after an early exit at the Stockholm Open, 1973.

Serve practice with Percy Rosberg.

Another Swedish TV legend, Jan Svanlund, brings two Swedish juniors to talk to and practice with Bjorn. Itroduction by Bengt Bedrup.