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Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 7-6(0), 6-2, 7-6(2) in the Australian Open quarter-final, 1989 on hard court Lendl would go onto win the title, beating Miloslav Mecir in the final. McEnroe was playing in the event for the first time since 1985. This would be the pair’s last Slam meeting Lendl won...

Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1982 on grass It was Connors’ second and last title at the event and his first Slam title since 1978. He would go onto win the upcoming US Open also. McEnroe was the defending champion. The two had recently...

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John McEnroe beat Arthur Ashe 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 in the Masters (Year End Championship) final, 1978 on carpet in New York, USA It was the first of McEnroe’s 3 titles at the event and Ashe’s only final. McEnroe had also won the pair’s round robin match McEnroe won 109 points, Ashe 107 Both...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in the Philadelphia final, 1982 on carpet It was McEnroe’s first title at the event and he would go onto win the next 3 also. Connors had previously won it 4 times, most recently in 1980 by beating McEnroe in a 5-set final. The 2 would go onto play...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-3 in the San Francisco final, 1982 on carpet It was McEnroe’s third title at the event, and his second of the year (the first having come 8 months earlier in January). Connors had recently won the US Open. The two had played the Wimbledon final earlier in...

Mats Wilander beat John McEnroe 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1983 on grass Wilander would go onto win the title, beating Ivan Lendl in the final. McEnroe was the reigning Wimbledon champion and playing this event for the first time Wilander won 127 points, McEnroe 113...

John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg 6-3, 6-4 in the Stockholm semi-final, 1978 on indoor hard court McEnroe would go onto win the title, beating Tim Gullikson in the final. This was the first meeting between Borg and McEnroe. McEnroe won 65 points, Borg 45 McEnroe serve-volleyed off all serves...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1980 on grass McEnroe would go onto lose the final to Bjorn Borg. The two would meet in the US Open semi shortly after, with McEnroe again winning McEnroe won 137 points, Connors 128 McEnroe...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1983 on grass McEnroe would go onto win the title, beating Chris Lewis in the final. It Lendl's first semi at event. He would finish runner-up on grass at the Australian later in the year McEnroe won 106...

(from the hypothetical to the fantastic) If you could be any player in history for one match -- and experience his/her game and emotions firsthand, who would it be. Which specific match/venue? It could be current or past, a dominating performance or a very close match, your favorite player, or...

Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7(16), 8-6 in the Wimbledon final, 1980 on grass It was Borg's 5th Wimbledon title in a row and McEnroe's first final at the event. The two would go onto meet again in the following years final, with McEnroe winning Borg won 192 points...

John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-7(5), 5-7, 6-4 in the US Open final, 1980 on hard court McEnroe was the defending champion. The two players had recently met in the Wimbledon final with Borg winning in 5 sets. The 2 would go onto play the final the following year also...

Pete Sampras beat John McEnroe 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the US Open semi-final, 1990 on hard court Sampras would go onto beat Andre Agassi in the final to win his first Slam title. He was 19 years old and became the youngest player ever to win the US Open. McEnroe was unseeded and this would...

John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open final, 1981 on hard court The win gave McEnroe his third consecutive title at the event and was Borg's 4th runner-up finish. McEnroe had recently also beaten Borg in the Wimbledon final. This would turn out to be...

John McEnroe beat Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final, 1979 on hard court It was McEnroe's first Slam title and he would go onto win the next 2 US Opens also. It was Gerulaitis' sole US Open final and he would go onto be runner-up at the next French Open McEnroe won 105...

Pete Sampras beat John McEnroe 6-2, 6-4 in the Philadelphia semi-final, 1991 on carpet Sampras was the defending champion and would go onto lose the final to Ivan Lendl in 5 sets. McEnroe was a former 4 time champion. The two had met not long ago at the previous years US Open semi, with...

John McEnroe beat Chris Lewis 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final, 1983 on grass It was McEnroe's second Wimbledon title and 4th final in a row. He'd go onto win the following year also. Lewis was unseeded and this was his only Slam final McEnroe won 81 points, Lewis 43 McEnroe...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(6) in the US Open semi-final, 1982 on hard court Lendl would go onto lose the final to Jimmy Connors. The win was Lendl's 6th in a row over McEnroe - and he would win their next as well - and saw him make the final of the event for the first time...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-5 in the WCT Finals semi-final, 1989 on carpet in Dallas, USA McEnroe would go onto beat Brad Gilbert to win his record extending 5th title at the event, which was in its final year. He and Lendl had previously contested the finals in...

John McEnroe beat Stefan Edberg 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-4 in the WCT Finals semi-final, 1987 on carpet in Dallas, USA McEnroe would go onto lose the final to Miloslav Mecir. Edberg had won the Australian Open shortly before and beaten McEnroe in the final of Rotterdam at his last...

John McEnroe beat Stefan Edberg 6-2, 6-2 in the Tokyo Outdoor final, 1988 on hard court It was McEnroe's first tournament of the season and the first he'd won in over a year. The win took the head-to-head between the pair to 7-1 in McEnroe's favour. Edberg would win the remaining 5...

Boris Becker beat John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the Atlanta Invitational final, 1986 on carpet The Invitational event featured identical format to the Masters and was played just a week before it. Becker had also beaten McEnroe in the round robin stage Becker would go onto the lose...

Boris Becker beat John McEnroe 6-4, 6-2 in the Indianapolis final, 1988 on hard court Becker won 69 points, McEnroe 57 Becker serve-volleyed most of the time off first serves and minority of the time off seconds. McEnroe serve-volleyed off all but 3 first serves and about half the time...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 7-6(6), 6-3 in the San Francisco final, 1986 on carpet It was McEnroe's 12 straight win over Connors. Connors would go onto win the next 2 McEnroe won 77 points, Connors 66 McEnroe serve-volleyed off all 1st serves and about half his 2nds (Note: I'm...

Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(1) in the Year End Championship (Masters) semi-final, 1979 on carpet in New York, USA Borg would go onto win the event for the first time, beating Vitas Gerulaitis in the final. McEnroe was the defending champion Borg won 120 points, McEnroe...

John McEnroe beat Boris Becker 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 in the Australian Open third round, 1992 on hard court McEnroe was unseeded and this was his second and last win over Becker in official matches, the first having come in 1985 before Becker's first Wimbledon title. Becker as the defending...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 in the French Open final, 1984 on clay It was Lendl's first Slam title in his fifth final. McEnroe had been unbeaten in the year going into the match and this would turn out to be his only final at the event Lendl won 157 points...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open quarter-final, 1987 on hard court Lendl would go onto win the event, beating Mats Wilander in the final. This was the 5th and last meeting between the pair at the event - Lendl had won in '82 and '85, McEnroe in '80 and '84...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 in the US Open final, 1984 on hard court The win would turn out to be McEnroe's last Slam title. Earlier in the year, he'd lost the French Open final to Lendl and won Wimbledon. For Lendl, it was his 3rd straight runner-up showing at the event...