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John McEnroe #28 def. A. Cherkasov #21

7-5 3-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1992*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-5 3-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	A. Cherkasov
Duration	3h 8m

Stat	John McEnroe	A. Cherkasov
Aces	8	2
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	60	67
First serve points won %	67	60
Second serve points won %	49	42
Break points saved %	57	43
Break points converted %	57	43
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	A. Cherkasov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jul 4, 1970
Age	32	21
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	28	21
Ranking points (entering)	866	1,098
Elo (entering)	1,839	1,829
Career W-L	833–189	170–198
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,260,281

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 3 – 1 A. Cherkasov

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1992	R128	B. Dyke	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1992	R32	Boris Becker	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1992	R128	P. Kuhnen	6-7(7) 7-5 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data