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Mats Wilander #4 def. John McEnroe #8

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1987*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mats Wilander
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mats Wilander	John McEnroe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Aug 22, 1964	Feb 16, 1959
Age	22	28
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,106	2,159
Career W-L	526–203	833–189
Career earnings	$7,956,101	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Mats Wilander 5 – 4 John McEnroe

Path

Mats Wilander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1987	QF	Andres Gomez	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1987	R16	Cassio Motta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1987	R32	Luiz Mattar	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1987	R64	Andrei Chesnokov	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mats Wilander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1987	F	Martin Jaite	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1987	QF	Claudio Mezzadri	6-1 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1987	R16	Aaron Krickstein	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1987	R32	Horacio de la Pena	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1987	R64	Franco Davin	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data