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John McEnroe #14 def. S. Docherty #100

7-5 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 1978*
Tournament	San Jose
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-5 7-6
Loser	S. Docherty

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	S. Docherty
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	May 6, 1950
Age	19	27
Height	180	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,901	1,582
Career W-L	833–189	46–76
Career earnings	$12,552,132	—

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 S. Docherty

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1978	R32	R. Simpson	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	QF	Erik Van Dillen	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data

S. Docherty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1978	R32	John Feaver	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data