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John McEnroe #3 def. Gene Mayer #13

6-7 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 11, 1979*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-7 6-3 6-3
Loser	Gene Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Gene Mayer
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Apr 11, 1956
Age	20	23
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,319	2,010
Career W-L	833–189	311–159
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 4 – 0 Gene Mayer

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1979	SF	Wojtek Fibak	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1979	QF	Nick Saviano	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 9, 1979	R16	Steve Docherty	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1979	R32	Fritz Buehning	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1979	R64	Shlomo Glickstein	6-0 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1979	SF	Brian Gottfried	6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1979	QF	Tim Gullikson	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Nov 9, 1979	R16	Mark Cox	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1979	R32	Sherwood Stewart	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Nov 7, 1979	R64	Gianni Ocleppo	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data