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John McEnroe#1 def. R. Tanner#9

6-4 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 1981*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 7-5 6-2
Loser	R. Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	R. Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Oct 15, 1951
Age	22	30
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,339	1,968
Career W-L	833–189	595–298
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 4 – 1 R. Tanner

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1981	SF	E. Teltscher	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1981	QF	Tom Gullikson	6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data
Oct 16, 1981	R16	R. Frawley	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1981	R32	B. Drewett	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1981	SF	J. Fitzgerald	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1981	QF	V. Pecci	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1981	R16	F. Taygan	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1981	R32	C. Johnstone	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data