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John McEnroe#5 def. R. Tanner#9

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 25, 1979*
Tournament	New Orleans
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	R. Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	R. Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Oct 15, 1951
Age	20	27
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,153	2,112
Career W-L	833–189	595–298
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 1 R. Tanner

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1979	SF	B. Borg	5-7 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1979	QF	T. Smid	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1979	R16	K. Warwick	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	H. Hoyt	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1979	SF	F. Taygan	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1979	QF	Tom Gullikson	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 23, 1979	R16	G. Masters	0-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	T. Wilkison	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data