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John McEnroe#18 def. B. Hewitt#127

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 1978*
Tournament	Montreal / Toronto
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	B. Hewitt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	B. Hewitt
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jan 12, 1940
Age	19	38
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	127
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,936	1,661
Career W-L	833–189	285–178
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$613,837

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 B. Hewitt

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1978	R64	Patricio Rodriguez Chi	7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1978	R16	H. Gunthardt	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

B. Hewitt's path

No prior matches in this tournament.