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John McEnroe #6 def. Ivan Lendl #1

6-7 7-6 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 5, 1989*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-7 7-6 6-2 7-5
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Mar 7, 1960
Age	30	28
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,096	2,268
Career W-L	833–189	1,051–229
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 14 – 14 Ivan Lendl

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1989	QF	Andre Agassi	4-6 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1989	F	Brad Gilbert	6-3 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1989	QF	Jakob Hlasek	7-6 1-6 7-6 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data