High Strung

Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry

By: Stephen Tignor

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Paperback | 28 June 2023

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The golden age of tennis came crashing down suddenly at the 1981 U.S. Open when the stoical Swede, Bjorn Borg, lost to his brash young rival, John McEnroe, in the final at Flushing Meadows. Through the lens of that era's final tournament, and the play of the other semifinalists, Jimmy Connors and Vitas Gerulaitis, High Strung chronicles the lives and careers of the men who made those Wild West days of tennis so memorable: "Ice Borg," who secretly harbored an inner madman; McEnroe, the tortured, bratty genius; Connors, the game's beloved blue-collar anti-hero; Ilie Nastase, the Romanian clown; Gerulaitis, the New York charmer; and Ivan Lendl, who became a harbinger of tennis's high-powered future. The struggles these men shared were as compelling off the court as they were on.

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"This is good stuff, and it's written with flair. In fact, it made me want even more. " -- The Oregonian "A book full of aces...Even for those who know the outcomes of the many matches he recounts, Tignor's descriptive prose and flair for dramatic writing make "High Strung" a true page-turner." -- Associated Press

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The Angel and the Brat	p. 1
Barbarians on the Lawns	p. 16
The Next Victim	p. 29
Lingering Death	p. 40
The Dark Prince of Queens	p. 49
Exile on Park Avenue	p. 67
The Valley of Ashes	p. 83
Tearing the Cover Off the Game	p. 96
Taking Love on the Rise	p. 107
Mr. Nasty	p. 119
The Lord of Discipline	p. 135
Fallen Angel	p. 145
Nobody Beats Vitas Garulaitis…	p. 156
Ivan the Powerful	p. 166
Heroes and Villains	p. 175
Super Saturday	p. 187
Requiem for an Assassin	p. 200
Epilogue	p. 219
Acknowledgments	p. 237
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High Strung

Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry

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