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John McEnroe#1 def. S. Birner#72

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 13, 1981*
Tournament	Wembley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	S. Birner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	S. Birner
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Oct 11, 1956
Age	22	25
Height	180	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	72
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,317	1,663
Career W-L	833–189	63–119
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$298,727

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 0 S. Birner

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1981	R32	John Feaver	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1981	QF	B. Gottfried	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

S. Birner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1981	R32	H. Gunthardt	NA	W	H2H	Match data