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Bjorn Borg defeated Ilie Nastase in the 1976 Wimbledon championship. To get to that final match he also beat (in order) David Lloyd, Marty Riessen, Colin Dibley, Brian Gottfried, Guillermo Vilas and Roscoe Tanner.
In the men's finals: Björn Borg and Ilie Năstase with Borg winning the final match
Bjorn Borg won Wimbledon 5 times: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980.He won it for five years continuously in the years 1976,77,78,79,80.Bjorn Borg from Sweden won Wimbledon five years in a row, starting with his first title at SW19 in 1976, and his last in 1980, before losing to John McEnroe in four sets in the 1981 final, Borg's sixth Wimbledon final in a row, and McEnroe's second.
El Shafei defeated Bjorn Borg in the 3rd round at Wimbledon in 1974.
Bjorn Borg won the men's Wimbledon final in 1977.
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Bjorn Borg.
Roger Taylor
Bjorn Borg from Sweden won five Wimbledon men's singles titles in a row from 1976 to 1980.
The runner-up of the 1976 Wimbledon championship was Ilie Nastase of Romania who lost 6-4, 6-2, 9-7 to Bjorn Borg of Sweden, who would go on to win the next 4 successive champinships at Wimbledon.
McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg in 1981 for his first Wimbledon singles title.