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John McEnroe#1 def. Gene Mayer#20

7-5 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1984*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-5 6-3 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	25	28
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,413	1,953
Career W-L	833–189	311–159
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 9 – 1 Gene Mayer

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1984	R16	Bob Green	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1984	R32	Kevin Moir	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1984	R64	Stefan Edberg	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1984	R128	Colin Dowdeswell	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1984	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-4 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1984	R16	Tomas Smid	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1984	R32	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1984	R64	Jimmy Arias	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1984	R128	Marko Ostoja	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data