John McEnroe's Grand Slam Finals Matches

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One way to measure the quality of an opponent in a Grand Slam final is the count the total # of Grand Slam titles the opponent as won - Opponent Grand Slam (OPS). This is in a way somewhat superficial, but it is a quick way of numerically looking at a player's opponent. Here are John McEnroe's stats:

7 Grand Slam wins
1) 1 GS, Vitas Gerulaitis, 1979 US Open
2) 11 GS, Bjorn Borg, 1980 US Open
3) 11 GS, Bjorn Borg, 1981 Wimbledon
4) 11 GS, Bjorn Borg, 1981 US Open
5) 0 GS, Chris Lewis, 1983 Wimbledon
6) 8 GS, Jimmy Connors, 1984 Wimbledon
7) 8 GS, Ivan Lendl, 1984 US Open

Total Win OGS: 50
Avg Win OGS: 7.14

The distribution of the Win OGS is:
0, 1, 8, 8, 11, 11, 11
Hence the Median Win OGS is: 8

4 Grand Slam runner-ups
1) 11 GS, Bjorn Borg, 1980 Wimbledon
2) 8 GS, Jimmy Connors, 1982 Wimbledon
3) 8 GS, Ivan Lendl, 1984 French Open
4) 8 GS, Ivan Lendl, 1985 US Open

Total Runner-up OGS: 35
Avg Runner-up OGS: 8.75
Median Runner-up OGS: 8

Overall OGS: 85
Avg overal OGS: 7.73

McEnroe's top rivals in Grand Slam Finals are Borg, Connors, and Lendl.

McEnroe v. Borg (GS finals): 3-1
McEnroe v. Borg (overall): 7-7

McEnroe v. Connors (GS finals): 1-1
McEnroe v. Connors (overall): 20-14

McEnroe v. Lendl (GS finals): 1-2
McEnroe v. Lendl (overall): 15-21