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John McEnroe#15 def. Keith Richardson#119

6-2 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 1978*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-2 4-6 6-1
Loser	Keith Richardson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Keith Richardson
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jan 1, 1953
Age	19	25
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	119
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,923	1,498
Career W-L	833–189	18–43
Career earnings	$12,552,132	—

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 Keith Richardson

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1978	R32	Rick Fagel	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1978	QF	Deon Joubert	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Keith Richardson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1978	R32	Eliot Teltscher	2-6 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data