Head to head
3
Hard
1
1
Grass
1
3
Carpet
5
John McEnroe'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 (14)
| 1981 | US Open | Hard | F | John McEnroe | 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 |
| 1981 | Wimbledon | Grass | F | John McEnroe | 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4 |
| 1981 | Milan WCT | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 7-6 6-4 |
| 1981 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 6-7 7-6 |
| 1980 | Stockholm | Carpet | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1980 | US Open | Hard | F | John McEnroe | 7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4 |
| 1980 | Wimbledon | Grass | F | Bjorn Borg | 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6 |
| 1980 | Masters | Carpet | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-7 6-3 7-6 |
| 1979 | Toronto | Hard | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1979 | WCT Finals | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-6 |
| 1979 | Rotterdam WCT | Carpet | F | Bjorn Borg | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1979 | New Orleans WCT | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 5-7 6-1 7-6 |
| 1979 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | SF | Bjorn Borg | 4-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1978 | Stockholm | Hard | SF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-4 |
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.