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John McEnroe#2 def. Ivan Lendl#9

4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1980*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Mar 7, 1960
Age	21	20
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,186	2,088
Career W-L	833–189	1,051–229
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 0 Ivan Lendl

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1980	R16	Pascal Portes	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	Richard Meyer	6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1980	R64	Steve Krulevitz	7-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1980	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-4 5-7 0-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1980	R16	Harold Solomon	6-1 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	Thierry Tulasne	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1980	R64	Chris Mayotte	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	Tim Mayotte	6-4 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data