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John McEnroe#5 def. Eliot Teltscher#42

6-3 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 2, 1978*
Tournament	Bologna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4
Loser	Eliot Teltscher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Eliot Teltscher
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Mar 15, 1959
Age	19	19
Height	180	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	42
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,137	1,779
Career W-L	833–189	392–207
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,653,997

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 1 Eliot Teltscher

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1978	R32	John Hayes	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1978	QF	Karl Meiler	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Eliot Teltscher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1978	R32	Marco Consolini	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data