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S. Denton#19 def. John McEnroe#1

7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 1982*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	S. Denton
Score	7-6 6-4
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	S. Denton	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 5, 1956	Feb 16, 1959
Age	25	23
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,865	2,224
Career W-L	109–116	833–189
Career earnings	$1,084,664	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

S. Denton 0 – 0 John McEnroe

Path

S. Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1982	QF	V. Gerulaitis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1982	R16	M. Mitchell	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1982	R32	F. Gonzalez	3-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1982	R64	J. Granat	6-2 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

S. Denton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1982	F	Ivan Lendl	2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1982	QF	Guy Forget	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1982	R16	R. Ramirez	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1982	R32	R. Simpson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1982	R64	J. Borowiak	4-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data