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• Represented Sweden in the 1972 Davis Cup at age 15.
• Won his first title at the Italian Open in 1974, and won the French Open in the same year.
• Won his first Wimbledon title at age 20.
• Won 11 Grand Slam titles, with five consecutive wins at Wimbledon, and six wins in the French Open.
• From 1978 to 1980, won Wimbledon and the French Open all three years.
• Retired in 1983 at age 26.
• Chosen for the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
• In 1989, made headlines with rumors of a drug overdose, which he claimed was a reaction to food poisoning and sleeping pills.
• Attempted a comeback in the 1990s.
• Started the Bjorn Borg fashion label, which went bankrupt, but has come back as a success.
• Auctioned off his Wimbledon trophies in 2006, but bought them back at the urging of John McEnroe.
• Once named one of sports' most superstitious athletes for his ritual of growing a "lucky beard" for Wimbledon competition.