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Borg reveals most cancers battle: ‘I take daily, yr by yr’
Former World No. 1 makes revelation in upcoming memoir
September 18, 2025
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Bjorn Borg reached No. 1 within the PIF ATP Rankings.
By ATP Employees
Bjorn Borg, the previous No. 1 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings, reveals in his upcoming ebook, Heartbeats: A Memoir, that he was recognized with prostate most cancers.
The Swede has mirrored on the prognosis forward of the ebook’s launch subsequent week, telling the BBC that he has “all the time been checking” himself.
“[In] 2023, checked myself once more, and the physician mentioned, ’It does not look too good. We now have to make an operation’,” Borg advised the BBC. “‘Okay. Is that mandatory?’ I advised them. ‘Sure’. It was tough psychologically, for me. [Did] it unfold throughout? I do not know.”
The physician advised Borg that the state of affairs was “actually, actually unhealthy”. Final yr, he underwent an operation and is in remission.
“[The doctor] mentioned, ‘However you could have these sleeping most cancers cells in your physique’. It will be a combat sooner or later, and I hope I’ll be okay,” Borg mentioned. “I may be okay, I may not be okay. So each six months, I am going and check myself. And proper now, I did my final check two weeks in the past, so I am okay. I take daily, yr by yr, hopefully. It is a factor it’s a must to reside with.”
Borg has returned to the tennis highlight lately, serving as Crew Europe’s Laver Cup captain from 2017-2024. This yr he attended Wimbledon, the place he gained 5 consecutive titles from 1976-1980.
In his BBC interview, Borg left the viewers with a message relating to his prognosis.
“So many individuals die yearly, prostate most cancers,” Borg mentioned. “Check your self when you can.”
