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Ivan Lendl #5 def. John McEnroe #17

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 1991*
Tournament	Long Island
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	John McEnroe
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe
Aces	3	2
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	53	46
First serve points won %	63	57
Second serve points won %	54	44
Break points saved %	75	38
Break points converted %	62	25
Service points won %	59	50
Return points won %	50	41
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Feb 16, 1959
Age	31	32
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,422	1,214
Elo (entering)	2,008	1,855
Career W-L	1,051–229	833–189
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 18 – 15 John McEnroe

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1991	QF	Omar Camporese	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1991	R16	Eric Jelen	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1991	R32	Carl Uwe Steeb	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1991	F	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1991	QF	Luiz Mattar	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1991	R16	Patricio Arnold	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 22, 1991	R32	Gilad Bloom	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data