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John McEnroe#1 def. R. Ramirez#52

7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 1981*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-6 6-1
Loser	R. Ramirez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	R. Ramirez
Country	USA	MEX
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 20, 1953
Age	22	28
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	52
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,310	1,877
Career W-L	833–189	531–261
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,217,971

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 3 – 0 R. Ramirez

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1981	QF	Bob Lutz	1-6 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 22, 1981	R16	B. Gottfried	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1981	R32	M. Cahill	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1981	R64	S. Glickstein	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1981	F	C. Lewis	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Ramirez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1981	QF	T. Tulasne	6-1 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1981	R16	T. Smid	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1981	R32	B. Teacher	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1981	R64	F. Taygan	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data