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John McEnroe #1 def. J. Nystrom #10

6-1 6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1985*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-1 6-0 7-5
Loser	J. Nystrom

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	J. Nystrom
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Feb 20, 1963
Age	26	22
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,401	2,019
Career W-L	833–189	257–136
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,067,447

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 1 J. Nystrom

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	T. Smid	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	B. Schultz	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	M. Wostenholme	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	S. Glickstein	6-1 6-7 2-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1985	SF	Mats Wilander	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Nystrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	Boris Becker	6-3 6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	D. Goldie	6-0 6-1 1-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	B. Green	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	C. Hooper	6-4 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data