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John McEnroe#2 def. Bernie Mitton#59

7-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1980*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-6 6-0
Loser	Bernie Mitton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Bernie Mitton
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Nov 9, 1954
Age	21	25
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	59
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,305	1,761
Career W-L	833–189	206–223
Career earnings	$12,552,132	—

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 1 Bernie Mitton

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1980	QF	Bob Lutz	2-6 6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data
Feb 29, 1980	R16	Brian Gottfried	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1980	R32	Ferdi Taygan	0-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1980	R64	Byron Bertram	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1980	F	Jimmy Connors	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Bernie Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1980	QF	Sherwood Stewart	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Feb 29, 1980	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1980	R32	Terry Moor	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data