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Ivan Lendl #5 def. John McEnroe #3

6-4 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 1981*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-4 6-4 7-5
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Feb 16, 1959
Age	21	22
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,183	2,288
Career W-L	1,051–229	833–189
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 0 – 2 John McEnroe

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Peter Mcnamara	6-2 4-6 7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Eduardo Bengoechea	6-2 6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Andres Gomez	6-2 3-6 2-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	John Fitzgerald	7-5 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1981	SF	Jose Luis Clerc	3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Ricardo Ycaza	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Diego Perez	6-1 2-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Jaime Fillol	6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	Vincent Van Patten	6-2 6-0 6-4	W	—	Match data