40-Love: The Forty Hottest Tennis Players Of All Time!

From: The Backlot

5.

 Björn Borg

YEARS ON TOUR: 1973 – 1983

PEAK RANKING: #1

MAJOR TITLES: 11

He was the first real rock star of men’s tennis, and the first man in the open era to win more than 10 majors. The 58-year-old Swede had a classic rivalry with John McEnroe, and after he lost to John in the final of the 1981 US Open, he walked off the court and out of the stadium before the ceremony began, and shocked the world when he announced his retirement in January 1982 at the age of 26.