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John McEnroe#3 def. John Sadri#29

7-6 4-6 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1980*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-6 4-6 6-1 6-3
Loser	John Sadri

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	John Sadri
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 19, 1956
Age	20	23
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	29
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,297	1,951
Career W-L	833–189	214–189
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$894,995

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 0 John Sadri

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	QF	Jose Luis Clerc	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1980	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 24, 1980	R32	Buster C Mottram	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1980	R64	Brian Teacher	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1980	F	Jimmy Connors	6-3 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

John Sadri's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	QF	Harold Solomon	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1980	R16	Stan Smith	7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
Jan 24, 1980	R32	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1980	R64	Balazs Taroczy	7-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data