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John McEnroe#6 def. S. Simonsson#355

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 9, 1978*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	S. Simonsson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	S. Simonsson
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jan 5, 1960
Age	19	18
Height	180	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	355
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,049	1,503
Career W-L	833–189	98–121
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$278,086

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 S. Simonsson

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1978	R64	P. Larsson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1978	R16	J. Kodes	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

S. Simonsson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1978	R64	J. Granat	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data