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John McEnroe #13 def. D. Stockton #20

2-6 7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 1, 1978*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	2-6 7-6 6-2
Loser	D. Stockton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	D. Stockton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Feb 18, 1951
Age	19	27
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,059	1,937
Career W-L	833–189	386–267
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,063,385

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 D. Stockton

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1978	SF	E. Dibbs	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1978	QF	A. Panatta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1978	R16	K. Warwick	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1978	R32	M. Riessen	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1978	R64	D. Schneider	6-4 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

D. Stockton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1978	SF	P. Dupre	6-4 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1978	QF	B. Teacher	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1978	R16	Sherwood Stewart	5-7 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 28, 1978	R32	T. Rocavert	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1978	R64	B. Walts	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data