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Darren Cahill #48 def. John McEnroe #15

7-6 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 9, 1991*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Darren Cahill
Score	7-6 3-6 6-3
Loser	John McEnroe
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Darren Cahill	John McEnroe
Aces	5	3
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	60	56
First serve points won %	73	74
Second serve points won %	57	51
Break points saved %	78	80
Break points converted %	20	22
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Darren Cahill	John McEnroe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1965	Feb 16, 1959
Age	25	31
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	48	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,830	1,976
Career W-L	131–115	833–189
Career earnings	$1,349,247	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Darren Cahill 0 – 1 John McEnroe

Path

Darren Cahill's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1991	R16	Guillaume Raoux	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1991	R32	Thomas Hogstedt	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Darren Cahill's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1991	SF	Wally Masur	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1991	R16	Mark Kratzmann	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1991	R32	Andrew Sznajder	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data