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Jose Luis Clerc #17 def. John McEnroe #2

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 1980*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Jose Luis Clerc
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Luis Clerc	John McEnroe
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 16, 1958	Feb 16, 1959
Age	21	21
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,969	2,262
Career W-L	361–141	833–189
Career earnings	$1,987,036	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Jose Luis Clerc 1 – 1 John McEnroe

Path

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1980	SF	Alvaro Betancur	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1980	QF	Ricardo Cano	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1980	R16	Rodney Harmon	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1980	R32	Emilio Montano	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1980	SF	David Carter	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1980	QF	Van Winitsky	6-3 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1980	R16	John Lloyd	6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jul 31, 1980	R32	Jay Lapidus	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data