Borg vs McEnroe

Borg vs McEnroe centres on the rivalry between Björn Borg and John McEnroe, two of the leading tennis players of their time, whose contrasting personalities came to a head at the Wimbledon final in 1980. Borg, the composed Swedish champion, is worn down by the demands of his career and the weight of expectation as he prepares with his coach, Lennart Bergelin. McEnroe, an outspoken young American, draws constant media attention and finds himself hemmed in by it. Their approaches differ sharply, yet each is driven by the same ambition.

Janus Metz directed the film from a screenplay by Ronnie Sandahl, with Fredrik Wikström and Jon Nohrstedt producing. Sverrir Gudnason plays Borg and Shia LaBeouf plays McEnroe, while Stellan Skarsgård appears as Bergelin and Tuva Novotny as Mariana Simionescu. Leo Borg and Marcus Mossberg portray Borg at younger ages. Made for around 8 million USD and released in 2017, it took roughly 17 million USD worldwide.

This was Metz's first fiction feature before All the Old Knives and later work in television. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.9 from about 1,200 votes, while a critics' score of 6.5 from 147 reviews is somewhat lower, suggesting audiences responded more warmly than reviewers did.