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Leo Borg
Full name	Leo Karl Borg
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Stockholm, Sweden
Born	15 May 2003 (age 21); Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Rickard Billing
Prize money	$111,921
Singles
Career record	2–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 334 (11 September 2023)
Current ranking	No. 590 (14 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1033 (26 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 1594 (14 October 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	RR (2023)
	Last updated on: 16 October 2024.

Leo Karl Borg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbɔrj]; born 15 May 2003) is a Swedish tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 334, achieved on 11 September 2023. He is the son of 11-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, Björn Borg.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Junior career

Borg excelled on the ITF Junior Circuit, defeating world No. 1 junior Bruno Kuzuhara in the final of the Porto Alegre in Brazil, one of the top junior tournaments, in March 2021. Borg also qualified for and played in the 2021 junior majors, including Wimbledon. His junior ranking peaked at No. 12 in the world.^[4]

Professional career

2021: ATP Tour debut

Borg received a number of wildcards in ATP Challenger events and ATP Tour qualifying and main events and competed regularly on the ITF World Tour. He made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Stockholm Open as a wildcard, where he lost in the first round to eventual champion Tommy Paul.^[5]

2022: Maiden ITF Tour title

On September 11, 2022 he made his first professional final on the ITF Tour in Cairo, Egypt, after which his ATP ranking jumped to No. 581.^[6]

Ranked No. 577 at the 2022 Stockholm Open as a wildcard, he played world No. 31, Tommy Paul, again in the first round, this time losing in three sets, 7–5, 4–6, 1–6.^[7]

On October 30, Borg won his first professional title on the ITF Tour in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.^[8]

Borg made the largest leap in the world tennis rankings of any professional player in the calendar year 2022, moving over 1500 spots and ending the year at world No. 507.^[9]

2023: First ATP Tour win

In July, Borg received a wildcard at the Båstad Open, where he won his first match at ATP Tour level by defeating fellow Swede Elias Ymer in the first round, in straight sets.^[10]

He also received a wildcard for the singles draw of the 2023 Stockholm Open in singles and doubles.

2024: Rafael Nadal match

Borg was given a wildcard entry into the Swedish Open in Båstad in July where he played Rafael Nadal in the first round, losing 6–3, 6–4.^[11]^[12]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 Stockholm Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	RR	G1	0 / 1	1–3
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	2	2	6
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–1	1–5	1–2	2–9
Year-end ranking	2216	507	396

ITF World Tour finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2022	M25 Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Leonardo Aboian	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Bor Artnak	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1	Apr 2023	M25 Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Lee Jea-moon	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 2023	M25 Risskov, Denmark	Clay	Elmer Møller	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 2023	M25 Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Arthur Weber	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Win	3–3	Aug 2023	M25 Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Blake Mott	6–2, 6–0
Win	4–3	May 2024	M15 Kingston, Jamaica	Hard	Corey Craig	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	5–3	Aug 2024	M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	Hard	Taisei Ichikawa	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
Loss	5–4	Oct 2024	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Petr Bar Biryukov	5–7, 4–6