Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ivan Lendl and Bjorn Borg met 8 times on the ATP tour between 1979 and 1981. Bjorn Borg leads the head-to-head 6–2 against Ivan Lendl. By surface, Lendl leads 2–1 on hard; Borg leads 4–0 on clay. They contested 5 finals, including 1 Grand Slam finals, with Lendl winning 2 of them.
2
Hard
1
0
Clay
4
0
Carpet
1
Ivan Lendl's wins on the left · Bjorn Borg's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1981 | Stuttgart-2 | Clay | F | Bjorn Borg | 1-6 7-6 6-2 6-4 |
| 1981 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 |
| 1981 | Masters | Carpet | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 6-2 6-2 |
| 1980 | Basel | Hard | F | Ivan Lendl | 6-3 6-2 5-7 0-6 6-4 |
| 1980 | Toronto | Hard | F | Ivan Lendl | 4-6 5-4 RET |
| 1980 | Monte-Carlo WCT | Clay | R16 | Bjorn Borg | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1979 | Davis Cup EUR F: TCH vs SWE | Clay | RR | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 7-5 6-2 |
| 1979 | Toronto | Hard | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-3 6-1 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.