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Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in the Suntory Cup Invitational semi-final, 1983 on carpet in Tokyo, Japan Borg, the defending champion, would go onto lose the final to Jimmy Connors. This was the last match the two played. McEnroe would go onto finish the year ranked number 1 Borg...

Bjorn Borg beat Guillermo Vilas 6-1, 6-2 in the Suntory Cup Invitational final, 1982 on carpet in Tokyo, Japan Borg had previously won this 4-man invitational event in 1978. He had just begun his unofficial retirement from official tournaments earlier in the year Borg won 53 points, Vilas 30...

John McEnroe beat Boris Becker 6-3, 6-4 in the Antwerp Indoors Invitational semi-final, 1985 on hard court It was the second meeting between the two players and the first since Becker became a Wimbledon champion. McEnroe would go on to lose the final to Ivan Lendl McEnroe won 63 points, Becker...

Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-4 in the Masters (Year End Championship/World Tour Finals) semi-final, 1983 on carpet in New York, USA Lendl, the defending champion, would go onto lose the final to John McEnroe. Connors had recently beaten Lendl in the US Open final for the 2rd time in a...

Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe 6-3, 6-3 in the Toulouse Indoor final, 1989 on carpet It was the second last meeting between the two players. Connors was ranked 14th at the time, McEnroe 4th Connors won 70 points, McEnroe 54 McEnroe serve-volleyed all but 2 times off first serve and...

Stefan Edberg beat John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the Rotterdam Indoor final, 1987 on carpet Edberg had recently won his second Australian Open title and would go onto finish the year ranked number 2 Edberg won 93 points, McEnroe 73 Edberg serve-volleyed off all but 5 first serves and more...

Andre Agassi beat Marat Safin 7-6(1), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the Paris final, 1999 on carpet It was Agassi's second title at the venue and he remains the only player to win French Open and Paris Masters in the same year. Safin was 19 years old Agassi won 131 points, Safin 120 (Note: I'm missing 3...

John McEnroe beat Mats Wilander 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-final of the Masters (Year End Championship/ World Tour Final) 1984 on carpet McEnroe would go onto beat Ivan Lendl in the final McEnroe won 60 points, Wilander 33 McEnroe serve-volleyed off all first serves Serve Stats McEnroe... - 1st...

Thomas Muster beat Pete Sampras 7-6(6), 6-2 in the Essen Indoors semi-final, 1995 on carpet Muster would go onto win the tournament - his only title on the surface - and briefly rise to world number 1 less than 6 months later Muster won 77 points, Sampras 62 Sampras serve-volleyed off all but...

Boris Becker beat Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Stuttgart Indoor final, 1996 on carpet The pair would go onto to compete in two similarly competitive matches on the same surface at the Year End Championship - with Becker winning in the round robin , and Sampras the final Becker...

Jimmy Connors beat Bjorn Borg 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in an indoor exhibition match in Richmond, Virginia, 1982 on carpet Connors had just recently won Wimbledon while Borg had been off the tour for virtually the year Connors won 120 points, Borg 118 (Note: I'm missing an unknown number of points...

Jimmy Connors beat Henri Leconte 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in the Memphis Indoor final, 1984 on carpet It was Connors' 4th title at the venue Connors won 93 points, Leconte 82 (Note: I'm missing one Connors service point, won by Connors) Serve Stats Connors... - 1st serve percentage (53/75) 71% - 1st...

In 1989, Boris Becker beat Stefan Edberg 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the Paris Indoor final on carpet Becker had beaten Edberg in the final at Wimbledon earlier in the year and Edberg had also lost in the French Open final in Paris Becker won 97 points, Edberg 74 Becker serve-volleyed all but twice off...

Boris Becker beat Stefan Edberg 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 in the Stockholm indoor final, 1990 on carpet Earlier in the year, the two had clashed for the third year in succession in the Wimbledon final, with Edberg prevailing (corrected/edited - credit @andreh) Becker won 102 points, Edberg 62 Both...

Boris Becker beat Stefan Edberg 7-6(5), 6-1 in the Tokyo indoor final, 1986 on carpet Becker had recently won his second Wimbledon title and Edberg would go onto win his second Australian Open (both titles on grass) a few months afterwards Becker won 72 points, Edberg 59 Both players...

Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl 6-2, 6--2 in the final of the Stuttgart indoor, 1990 on carpet Becker won 65 points, Lendl 41 Becker serve-volleyed off all his first serves and Lendl virtually also did Serve Stats Becker.... - 1st serve percentage (35/62) 56% - 1st serve points won (30/35) 86% -...

Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl 7-6(5), 6-3 in the final at Chicago 1986 on indoor carpet Becker was the reigning Wimbledon champion and would go onto defend the title later that year, beating Lendl in the final, while Lendl was the reigning World number 1 - a position he would go onto comfortably...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 6-1, 6-3 in the final of the Brussels Indoor 1984 event on carpet This was one of 6 times McEnroe beat Lendl in the year, for only 1 loss McEnroe won 58 points, Lendl 30 McEnroe serve-volleyed 100% on 1st serves and frequently off the second. Lendl also frequently...

Stefan Edberg beat Boris Becker 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the Masters (Year End Championship) 1989 on indoor carpet at Madison Square Garden, New York It was Edberg's only Year Final title, while Becker was the defending champion and had won both Wimbledon, US Open and been the key...

Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl 5-7, 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5) in the final of the Masters (Year End Championship/ World Tour Final) 1988 on carpet It was the first of Becker's 3 Year-End titles and he had previously lost finals to his opponent in 1985...

Ivan Lendl beat Mats Wilander 6-2 6-2 6-3 in the final of the Masters (Year End Championship/ World Tour Final) 1987 on carpet It was Lendl's 5th and final Masters title and capped another highly dominant year Lendl won 88 points, Wilander 62 Serve Stats Lendl.... - 1st serve percentage...

Presenting Stats for three Ivan Lendl vs John McEnroe Masters finals (1982, 1983 and 1984) in one thread for convenient comparison of numbers and easy discussion. All played at Madison Square Garden in New York, USA, all on carpet In 1982, Lendl beat McEnroe 6-4 6-4 6-2 In 1983, McEnroe beat...

Ivan Lendl beat Boris Becker 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Masters (Year End Championship/ World Tour Final) 1986 on carpet It was Lendl's 4th Masters title and 7th final in a row. The match itself was a repeat of the previous years...

I am curious about the indoor versus outdoor distinction, which is often referenced to explain seemingly unusual observations e.g. "Jones didn't do well because it was indoors, he doesn't like indoors/the indoor courts are quick and low bouncing etc." The ideal I start with is that its should...