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INDEX Agassi, Andre, 170, 271, 272 Bad News for McEnroe (Scanlon), 37, 123 Aitchison, Alex, 38, 41 Barazzutti, Corrado, 16, 99, 119, 163–64, Alexander, John, 84, 133–34, 136 178 All England Lawn Tennis Club Barrett, John, 39, 44, 92, 94, 95, 126, 147 (All England Club), 1, 76–77, 83, Barthes, Pierre, 16 140, 202, 266. See also Wimbledon Basset, Glenn, 85 headings BBC, 147, 194, 209, 224, 273 Amaya, Victor, 107, 119, 159, 178, 185 Becker, Boris, 61, 199, 269 Amritraj, Vijay, 54–55, 140, 177, 183 Bellamy, Rex, 152, 199, 202 Anliot, Helena, 59 Bengtson, Ove, 13, 46 Ashe, Arthur, 138, 176, 194, 243 Bergelin, Lennart, 239 on Borg, 62 background of, 11–12 Borg’s matches against, 17, 46, 55, 182 on Borg, 11, 13, 50, 103 infl uence of, 55 Borg’s coaching by, 11–12, 13, 14, 50, on McEnroe, 130, 199, 267 60, 62, 65, 98, 102, 103, 108, 109, McEnroe’s matches against, 130 116, 120, 154, 155, 174, 240 Wimbledon and, 57 Borg’s relationship with, 13, 50, 59, 238, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), 240–41 135 COPYRIGHTEDon playing MATERIAL tennis, 57 ATP tours, 139 U.S. Open and, 120, 245, 246, 262, 264 Borg and, 15–16, 17, 46 Wimbledon and, 2, 22, 70, 92, 126, 188, McEnroe and, 25 210 Aubone, Guillermo, 249 Berte, Loredana, 270 Austin, John, 2, 231 Bertolucci, Paolo, 163 Austin, Tracy, 2, 31, 168, 215–17 Björkman, Jonas, 25 Australian Open, 271 Björling, Jannike, 238, 270 Axthelm, Pete, 81, 202 Björn Borg Design Group, 270 279 JJWBT462_Index.inddWBT462_Index.indd 279279 116/02/116/02/11 88:51:51 PPMM 280 INDEX Blanchard, Mike, 152 McEnroe’s admiration of, in childhood, Bodo, Peter, 97, 156–57 35, 39 Bollettieri, Nick, 30 Madison Square Garden Masters and, Borg, Björn 165, 167–68, 177 ATP tours and, 15–16, 17, 46 Mayer on, 188–91 Bergelin on playing of, 11, 13, 50, 103 Nastase and, 48–49, 60–62, 63, 65, 237 Bergelin’s coaching of, 11–12, 13, 14, 50, nicknames for, 3–4, 10, 48 60, 62, 65, 98, 102, 103, 108, 109, physical appearance of, 3, 19 116, 120, 154, 155, 174, 240 physiological functioning of, 183–84 Bergelin’s relationship with, 13, 50, 59, plan to auction Wimbledon trophies, 238, 240–41 270–71 Carillo on, 50, 178, 268 playboy image of, 54 childhood of, 7–11 popularity of tennis and wins by, 50 confi dence of, 110, 177–78 rackets used by, 7, 14, 20, 42, 43, 50, Connors’s matches against, 2, 42, 54, 188, 190, 270 57–58, 63–64, 65–67, 68, 69, 83, reputation for temper tantrums, 10, 108–9, 110, 114, 119–20, 132, 141, 14–15, 102, 173–74 163, 167–68, 177, 186 retirement from tennis, 238, 268–71 Connors’s relationship with, 184, 240 rivalry between McEnroe and, 2–3, 94, Davis Cup and, 8, 12–14, 18, 57, 58, 96, 128, 133, 139, 141, 172–73, 184, 97–98, 100, 123, 163, 177 211, 217–18, 227, 265, 273 decision to move from Sweden, 17–18, social life of, 3, 52, 98–99, 133–34, 211, 46 269–70 desire to win at Wimbledon, 59–60 Tanner’s matches against, 42, 46, 47, 60, dress and appearance on court of, 1, 2, 99, 141–44, 154–55, 167, 185, 246, 3–4, 35 250 early lessons for, 7–8, 9–11 Tiriac’s coaching of, 74–75, 100, 105 early tennis career of, 7–18 U.S. Open and, 17, 54–55, 63–64, early tournaments of, 9, 11, 14 116–17, 118–19, 132, 151, 154–55, education of, 12 221–25, 234–36, 243–46, 251–53, fame and popularity of, 17, 49, 50–51, 261–64, 268 178, 211, 212–13, 239 Vilas’s matches against, 47, 48, 54, 56, French Open and, 16, 49, 55–56, 59, 57, 58, 60, 99, 100, 177, 178 63, 64, 99–100, 110, 137–38, 140, Wimbledon and. See Wimbledon 178, 268 headings friends of, 30, 52, 170–71 World Team Tennis career of, 64, 100, 101 Gerulaitis on playing of, 52–53, 179 Borg, Margareta, 7, 9, 17, 173, 239 Gerulaitis’s friendship with, 52–53, 57, Borg, Robin, 270 134, 163–64, 168, 169, 237, 239–40 Borg, Rune, 7, 9, 10, 17, 18, 59, 173, 239 Gerulaitis’s matches against, 57, 58, 65, Borg Design Group, 270 80, 81, 101, 116, 119, 136, 172, 175, Braden, Vic, 45 178, 184, 188, 241 Bray, Bob, 77–78 Hopman on, 186, 232 Breslin, Jimmy, 68 Italian Open and, 48–49, 55, 97, 178 Brett, Bob, 34 on losing, 182–83, 264 Bromwich, John, 11 McEnroe as ballboy for, 35, 36 Budge, Don, 31, 33, 109, 185, 252, 257 McEnroe on, 35, 175, 212, 269 Buehning, Fritz, 31 JJWBT462_Index.inddWBT462_Index.indd 280280 116/02/116/02/11 88:51:51 PPMM INDEX 281 Canadian Open, 231 Wimbledon and, 2, 51–52, 65–67, 70, Carillo, Mary, 169 83, 108–9, 114, 141, 191, 204–5 on Borg, 50, 178, 268 Connors, Patti McGuire, 135, 136, 167 on Gerulaitis’s celebrity, 30–31, 37 Cornejo, Patricio, 121 McEnroe’s doubles with, 29, 76, 81, Courier, Jim, 97, 272 82–83 Cox, Mark, 42, 46, 147, 224 on McEnroe’s playing, 37, 38–39, Cumberland Club, London, 59, 101, 199–200, 201–2, 226, 239 186–87, 194 Case, Ross, 106 Cupper, Davis, 29 Cash, Pat, 199 Curren, Kevin, 90, 203–4 CBS, 155, 185, 221, 222, 259, 273 Chang, Michael, 97 Danzig, Allison, 185 Choir, Th e (TV show), 273 Davenport, Lindsay, 78 Clerc, José Luis, 176, 189, 231 Davis Cup, 33, 230 Cleveland Nets, 64 Borg and, 8, 12–14, 18, 57, 58, 97–98, CNBC, 272–73 100, 123, 163, 177 Collins, Bud, 142, 202–3 Gerulaitis and, 163–64 Connors, Gloria, 257 McEnroe and, 120–21, 123–24, 150, Connors, Jimmy (Jimbo), 160, 189, 192, 163–64, 175–77, 243, 272 203 Vilas and, 176 Amritraj’s matches against, 55 Dean, James, 232–33 Ashe’s matches against, 57 Dell, Donald, 142, 227 bad-boy reputation of, 81 Dent, Phil, 76, 79, 80, 84, 193 on Borg, 114 Dibbs, Eddie, 57, 84 Borg on, 66–67, 94 Dibley, Colin, 60 Borg’s matches against, 2, 42, 54, 57–58, DiGiacomo, Mel, 175 63–64, 65–67, 68, 69, 83, 108–9, Doherty, Laurie, 4, 182–83 110, 114, 119–20, 132, 141, 163, Dominguez, Patrice, 179 167–68, 177, 186 Douglaston, Queens, New York, 23–24, 25 Borg’s relationship with, 184, 240 Dowdeswell, Colin, 78, 118 Evert and, 51–52 Drut, Guy, 183 fame of, 212 Dupree, Pat, 141 friends of, 30, 170–71 Dwyer, Dan, 26 Gerulaitis and, 30, 168, 172 on McEnroe, 115, 118 Eastern Lawn Tennis Association (USTA McEnroe on, 141, 153, 204–5, 214 Eastern), 26 McEnroe’s matches against, 70, 84, 115– Edberg, Stefan, 203, 269 18, 120, 121, 128–30, 132, 135–36, Edmondsen, Mark, 64 153–54, 175, 177, 185, 202, 204–5, Edwards, Eddie, 88–89 251, 255–60 El Shafei, Ismail, 51, 78, 187 McEnroe’s relationship with, 80–81 Emerson, Roy, 17, 33, 37, 105, 109, 152 marriage of, 135–36, 167 Evans, Richard, 54, 198 nicknames for, 51 Evans, Robert, 131 social life of, 51, 52 Evert, Chris, 50, 51, 52, 63, 82, 123, 146, U.S. Open and, 48, 63–64, 68–69, 84, 169, 180, 213, 215, 216–17, 254 115–20, 129, 132, 254–55 Vilas’s matches against, 68–69 Federer, Roger, 97, 268, 273 JJWBT462_Index.inddWBT462_Index.indd 281281 116/02/116/02/11 88:51:51 PPMM 282 INDEX Fibak, Wojtek, 65, 123, 193 Port Washington Tennis Academy and, Fillol, Jaime, 107 29–30, 31, 37, 38–39 Fleming, Jenny, 121, 122 social life of, 3, 131, 133–34, 155–57, Fleming, Peter 158, 168–70, 237, 239–40, 242 on Borg, 155 Tanner’s matches against, 155, 157 McEnroe on, 122 U.S. Open and, 157–58 on McEnroe, 3, 35, 39, 79, 104, 149–50, Wimbledon and, 80, 81, 102, 108 200, 206, 208, 212, 230, 260, 262 World Team Tennis career of, 169 McEnroe’s doubles with, 85, 103–4, 106, Gilbert, Brad, 170 122, 144–45, 158, 160, 164, 168, Glickstein, Shlomo, 188 176, 206, 256 Gildemeister, Hans, 84 McEnroe’s friendship with, 35–36, 74, Gonzalez, Pancho, 131, 139, 158, 170, 184 84, 85, 104, 121–22, 158–59, 163 Goolagong, Evonne, 51, 63, 146 McEnroe’s matches against, 37, 118, 135, Gordon, Harry, 33 162–63, 204 Gorman, Tom, 140, 153 U.S. Open and, 260, 262 Gottfried, Brian, 20, 60, 63, 76, 120–21, Wimbledon and, 3, 208 124, 144, 184, 189, 191–193 Flink, Steve, 48 Gottfried, Larry, 89 Fox, Allen, 151–52, 170–71, 199, 205 Gould, Dick, 85–87, 88, 89, 142 Fraser, Neale, 32 Graf, Steffi , 14, 101 Frawley, Rod, 188 Graham, Tony, 89 French Open, 192 Grime, George, 267 Borg at, 16, 49, 55–56, 59, 63, 64, Gullikson, Tim, 267 99–100, 110, 137–38, 140, 178, 268 Gullikson, Tom, 97, 138, 139, 141, 150, McEnroe at, 39–40, 41, 74, 75–76, 238, 266, 267 137, 179 Gunhardt, Heinz, 101 Gustaf V, king of Sweden, 8 Gardiner, Alvin, 76 Gerulaitis, Ruta, 31, 37, 169, 237–38, 239, Hall, Stella, 180 240–41, 242, 249 Hammond, Frank, 152, 153 Gerulaitis, Vitas, 130, 172, 189 Hardcourt Confi dential (Patrick McEnroe), on Borg, 52–53, 179 161 Borg’s friendship with, 52–53, 57, 134, Hayes, Woody, 124 163–64, 168, 169, 237, 239–40 Hell, Richard, 272 Borg’s matches against, 57, 58, 65, 80, Hellberg, Björn, 123 81, 101, 116, 119, 136, 172, 175, Herqvist, Per, 179 178, 184, 188, 241 Hester, Slew, 117, 234 celebrity of, 29–30, 155, 157, 212, 239–40 Hewitt, Bob, 106, 145 Connors and, 30, 168, 172 Higueras, José, 97–98, 138 Davis Cup and, 163–64 Hingis, Martina, 14 death of, 242 Hoad, Lew, 33, 37, 109, 185 friends of, 30–31, 35, 168–69, 239–40 Hopman, Harry McEnroe’s friendship with, 3, 156, 157, background of, 32–33 158, 168, 169–70, 241–42 on Borg, 186, 232 McEnroe’s matches against, 133, 151, on McEnroe, 34, 41, 186, 232 157–58, 168, 172, 175, 185 McEnroe’s coaching by, 32–34, 35–36, personality of 156–57 38–39 JJWBT462_Index.inddWBT462_Index.indd 282282 116/02/116/02/11 88:51:51 PPMM INDEX 283 McEnroe’s relationship with, 34, 37–38 Lupica, Mike, 65 on player diff erences at Wimbledon, 232 Lutz, Bob, 74, 106, 158, 164, 256 as Port Washington Tennis Academy Lyman, Richard, 87 coach, 32–34, 35–36, 37–39 Hoyles, Fred, 266 McCormack, Mark, 178 Humphries, Rod, 136 McEnroe, John Sr.