Pete Sampras #12 def. John McEnroe #20

6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3

Pete Sampras defeated John McEnroe 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1990 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 9, 1990*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1990
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 16, 1959
Age	19	31
Height	185 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	20
Ranking points (entering)	1,231	1,010
Elo (entering)	1,996	2,012
Current career W-L	739–209	835–191
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #12 1 – 0 John McEnroe #20

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Lendl #3	6-4 7-6 3-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1990	QF
Thomas Muster #6	6-7 7-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1990	R16
Jakob Hlasek #27	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1990	R32
Peter Lundgren #72	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1990	R64
Dan Goldie #88	6-1 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1990	R128

Pete Sampras's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #4	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1990	F

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Wheaton #44	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1990	QF
Emilio Sanchez #7	7-6 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1990	R16
Andrei Chesnokov #10	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1990	R32
David Engel #128	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1990	R64
Javier Sanchez #53	7-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1990	R128