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John McEnroe #1 def. Ramesh Krishnan

6-7 7-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1981*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-7 7-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Ramesh Krishnan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Ramesh Krishnan
Country	USA	IND
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 5, 1961
Age	22	20
Height	180	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,321	1,735
Career W-L	833–189	—
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,263,130

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 0 Ramesh Krishnan

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Kevin Curren	7-5 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	Pat Dupre	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1981	R64	Tom Gullikson	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Juan Nunez	6-7 6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1981	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	5-7 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ramesh Krishnan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1981	R16	Gene Mayer	4-6 1-6 7-6 7-5?	W	—	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	Marty Davis	6-2 7-5 6-7 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Per Hjertquist	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data