New tennis star
NZPA Dallas John McEnroe, a 20-year-old who has played professional tennis only since last July, yesterday beat Bjorn Borg, the world’s No. 1, ranked player, 7-5, 4-6,- 6-2, 7-6, to take the 1969 World Championship Tennis title. McEnroe, of New York City, who took the $lOO,OOO first prize, had beaten Jimmy Connors in straight sets to earn his place in the final.
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Press, 9 May 1979, Page 42
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