Just winners for now, plus aces and doubles.
Score: McEnroe d. Borg
4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-4
McEnroe had 8 aces and 10 doubles.
Borg had 9 aces and 4 doubles.
The stats here are the reverse of 1980: this time it is McEnroe who is essentially canceling out his own aces with double faults, and it’s Borg who’s keeping his doubles down and serving aces.
However, McEnroe served no doubles in the fourth set.
McEnroe made 64 winners: 8 forehands, 11 backhands, 17 forehand volleys, 22 backhand volleys, and 6 smashes.
Borg made 47 winners: 9 forehands, 18 backhands, 10 forehand volleys, 8 backhand volleys, and 2 smashes.
While in 1980 McEnroe only led Borg by 1 winner, this time he leads by 17.
His 64 winners are higher than Laver’s 53 in 1969, but McEnroe played two service games and two tiebreaks more than Laver. McEnroe made 9 winners altogether in the two tiebreaks, and if we remove those he is left with 55, comparable to Laver's 53.
McEnroe’s 23 winners in the second set are so far the highest I have found, in the few matches I have looked at.
The breakdown by set shows a letdown by both players after the third-set tiebreak, but particularly by Borg.
McEnroe: 9, 23, 21, 11
Borg: 10, 15, 16, 6
In the fourth Borg slipped down to 6, [barely] as many as in the 6-1 opening set the previous year.
McEnroe, by contrast, stays consistent in 1981. He comes down a little in the fourth set, but not below his first-set rate. And he probably would have picked it up had Borg challenged him more and pushed it to another tiebreak.
This time, Borg’s forehand only produces half as many winners as his backhand (in 1980 his two wings were nearly equal).
McEnroe’s forehand produces more winners than in 1980 (keep in mind that this is a shorter match), and his backhand somewhat less, though his backhand is still his more winning side – suggesting that Borg is still often going to that side.
3 of McEnroe’s winners were service returns, two off the BH and both passes. The FH was a netcord dribbler.
9 of Borg’s winners were service returns: 2 FH's and 7 BH's. All the returns were passes.
10 of McEnroe’s winners were passing shots, apart from returns: 4 FH's and 6 BH's.
16 of Borg’s winners were passing shots, apart from returns: 6 FH's and 10 BH's.
1 of McEnroe’s winners was a BH lob, the only lob winner of the match.
See here for 1980 final: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=165907
Score: McEnroe d. Borg
4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-4
McEnroe had 8 aces and 10 doubles.
Borg had 9 aces and 4 doubles.
The stats here are the reverse of 1980: this time it is McEnroe who is essentially canceling out his own aces with double faults, and it’s Borg who’s keeping his doubles down and serving aces.
However, McEnroe served no doubles in the fourth set.
McEnroe made 64 winners: 8 forehands, 11 backhands, 17 forehand volleys, 22 backhand volleys, and 6 smashes.
Borg made 47 winners: 9 forehands, 18 backhands, 10 forehand volleys, 8 backhand volleys, and 2 smashes.
While in 1980 McEnroe only led Borg by 1 winner, this time he leads by 17.
His 64 winners are higher than Laver’s 53 in 1969, but McEnroe played two service games and two tiebreaks more than Laver. McEnroe made 9 winners altogether in the two tiebreaks, and if we remove those he is left with 55, comparable to Laver's 53.
McEnroe’s 23 winners in the second set are so far the highest I have found, in the few matches I have looked at.
The breakdown by set shows a letdown by both players after the third-set tiebreak, but particularly by Borg.
McEnroe: 9, 23, 21, 11
Borg: 10, 15, 16, 6
In the fourth Borg slipped down to 6, [barely] as many as in the 6-1 opening set the previous year.
McEnroe, by contrast, stays consistent in 1981. He comes down a little in the fourth set, but not below his first-set rate. And he probably would have picked it up had Borg challenged him more and pushed it to another tiebreak.
This time, Borg’s forehand only produces half as many winners as his backhand (in 1980 his two wings were nearly equal).
McEnroe’s forehand produces more winners than in 1980 (keep in mind that this is a shorter match), and his backhand somewhat less, though his backhand is still his more winning side – suggesting that Borg is still often going to that side.
3 of McEnroe’s winners were service returns, two off the BH and both passes. The FH was a netcord dribbler.
9 of Borg’s winners were service returns: 2 FH's and 7 BH's. All the returns were passes.
10 of McEnroe’s winners were passing shots, apart from returns: 4 FH's and 6 BH's.
16 of Borg’s winners were passing shots, apart from returns: 6 FH's and 10 BH's.
1 of McEnroe’s winners was a BH lob, the only lob winner of the match.
See here for 1980 final: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=165907
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