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John McEnroe #2 def. Gene Mayer #6

6-4 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 1982*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 6-1 6-4
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	23	26
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,248	2,082
Career W-L	833–189	311–159
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 8 – 1 Gene Mayer

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1982	SF	Steve Denton	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1982	QF	Peter Mcnamara	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Oct 15, 1982	R16	Chris Johnstone	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1982	R32	Rod Frawley	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1982	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1982	QF	John Alexander	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1982	R16	Matt Mitchell	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1982	R32	Wally Masur	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data