who won wimbledon's men's singles in 1980
1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final The 1980 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. In the final, Björn Borg defeated John McEnroe 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(16–18), 8–6 to win the match. It was regarded at the time as the greatest match ever played. It would be another 28 years before the 2008 Wimbledon men's singles final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal would rival the match as the greatest ever played.
List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions Roger Federer is the only player in history, in both the Amateur and Open Era, to reach the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final eleven times. He has won on eight occasions and lost on three.Federer also is the only player in both the Amateur and Open Era to have reached seven consecutive Wimbledon Gentleman's Singles Finals from (2003-2009),winning six of them, the loss coming in the epic 5 set final in 2008 to Rafael Nadal.