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John McEnroe#3 def. Gene Mayer#46

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 6, 1979*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Gene Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Gene Mayer
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Apr 11, 1956
Age	20	22
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	46
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,199	1,807
Career W-L	833–189	311–159
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 0 Gene Mayer

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1979	R32	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1979	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1979	R32	Tom Okker	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data