John McEnroe defeated Ivan Lendl 6-4 6-2 in the final at Forest Hills 1984 on green clay/har tru surface.
(Note: I'm missing one point on Lendl's serve which was won by McEnroe. At other points, it isn't always clear whether the first point of a game is a 1st or 2nd serve - I've used my judgement to fill in the uncertain data in such cases)
McEnroe won 64 points, Lendl 52
Service Stats
McEnroe -
-first serve percentage 30/54 (56%)
-first serve points won 21/30 (70%)
-second serve points won 11/24 (46%)
-aces 7, double faults 5
-unreturned serve percentage 17/49 (35%)
Lendl -
- first serve percentage 38/60 (63%)
- first serve points won 20/38 (53%)
- second serve points won 13/22 (59%)
- aces 4 (1 off a 2nd serve), service winners 2, double faults 2
- unreturned serve percentage 15/54 (28%)
Service Pattern
McEnroe served -
- to the forehand 39%
- to the backhand 49%
- to the body 12%
Lendl served -
- to the forehand 41%
- to the backhand 53%
- to the body 5%
Return Stats
McEnroe returned 43 serves (20 FH, 23 BH). He had 1 Return Winner - a Chip-Charge Forehand
Lendl returned 31 serves (17 FH, 14 BH... 5 times he ran around the BH to hit a FH). He had 3 winners (2 FH, 1 BH - including 1 1 run-around FH)
McEnroe made 9 return errors - 2 Forced (1 FH, 1 BH) and 7 Unforced (2 FH, 5 BH)
Lendl made 10 return errors - 8 Forced (3 FH, 5 BH) and 2 Unforced (1 FH, 1 BH)
Break Points
McEnroe 4/11
Lendl was 1/3
Winners (including return of serves)
McEnroe 22 (3 FH, 2 BH, 6 FHV, 9 BHV, 2 OH)
Lendl 11 (6 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 1 OH)
- McEnroe's 3 FH winners comprised 1 drop shot, 1 pass and 1 previously mentioned Chip-Charge return
- With one exception, all of Lendl's groundstroke winners were passes (including 1 FH lob). The exception was a FH struck from around the service line
- McEnroe struck the only baseline-to-baseline rally winner, a powerful BH down the line that he set up with an even more powerful, deep BH cross court the previous shot
Errors (excluding double faults and return errors)
McEnroe had 21
- 8 Forced (1 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 OH)
- 13 Unforced (7 FH, 5 BH, 1 FHV)
Lendl had 22
- 12 Forced (3 FH, 7 BH, 2 FHV)
- 10 Unforced (4 FH, 6 BH)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
McEnroe won 43/58 (74%) net points, including 26/35 (74%) serve-volleying
He serve-volleyed 100% of the time on first serve and 26% on second (5/19)
The breakdown of McEnroe's approaches is -
- 24/30 S/V off first serve 80%
- 2/5 S/V off second serve 40%
- 4/9 off chip-charge returns 44%
- 13/14 rallying his way to approach 93%
Lendl won 4/7 net points (57%). He had 0 serve-volley points
(Note: I'm missing one point on Lendl's serve which was won by McEnroe. At other points, it isn't always clear whether the first point of a game is a 1st or 2nd serve - I've used my judgement to fill in the uncertain data in such cases)
McEnroe won 64 points, Lendl 52
Service Stats
McEnroe -
-first serve percentage 30/54 (56%)
-first serve points won 21/30 (70%)
-second serve points won 11/24 (46%)
-aces 7, double faults 5
-unreturned serve percentage 17/49 (35%)
Lendl -
- first serve percentage 38/60 (63%)
- first serve points won 20/38 (53%)
- second serve points won 13/22 (59%)
- aces 4 (1 off a 2nd serve), service winners 2, double faults 2
- unreturned serve percentage 15/54 (28%)
Service Pattern
McEnroe served -
- to the forehand 39%
- to the backhand 49%
- to the body 12%
Lendl served -
- to the forehand 41%
- to the backhand 53%
- to the body 5%
Return Stats
McEnroe returned 43 serves (20 FH, 23 BH). He had 1 Return Winner - a Chip-Charge Forehand
Lendl returned 31 serves (17 FH, 14 BH... 5 times he ran around the BH to hit a FH). He had 3 winners (2 FH, 1 BH - including 1 1 run-around FH)
McEnroe made 9 return errors - 2 Forced (1 FH, 1 BH) and 7 Unforced (2 FH, 5 BH)
Lendl made 10 return errors - 8 Forced (3 FH, 5 BH) and 2 Unforced (1 FH, 1 BH)
Break Points
McEnroe 4/11
Lendl was 1/3
Winners (including return of serves)
McEnroe 22 (3 FH, 2 BH, 6 FHV, 9 BHV, 2 OH)
Lendl 11 (6 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 1 OH)
- McEnroe's 3 FH winners comprised 1 drop shot, 1 pass and 1 previously mentioned Chip-Charge return
- With one exception, all of Lendl's groundstroke winners were passes (including 1 FH lob). The exception was a FH struck from around the service line
- McEnroe struck the only baseline-to-baseline rally winner, a powerful BH down the line that he set up with an even more powerful, deep BH cross court the previous shot
Errors (excluding double faults and return errors)
McEnroe had 21
- 8 Forced (1 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 OH)
- 13 Unforced (7 FH, 5 BH, 1 FHV)
Lendl had 22
- 12 Forced (3 FH, 7 BH, 2 FHV)
- 10 Unforced (4 FH, 6 BH)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
McEnroe won 43/58 (74%) net points, including 26/35 (74%) serve-volleying
He serve-volleyed 100% of the time on first serve and 26% on second (5/19)
The breakdown of McEnroe's approaches is -
- 24/30 S/V off first serve 80%
- 2/5 S/V off second serve 40%
- 4/9 off chip-charge returns 44%
- 13/14 rallying his way to approach 93%
Lendl won 4/7 net points (57%). He had 0 serve-volley points
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