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John McEnroe#25 def. J. Connors#66

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 1991*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	J. Connors
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	John McEnroe	J. Connors
Aces	7	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	67
First serve points won %	78	49
Second serve points won %	59	50
Break points saved %	67	44
Break points converted %	56	33
Service points won %	70	49
Return points won %	51	30
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	32	39
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	66
Ranking points (entering)	922	495
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,944
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 20 – 14 J. Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1991	QF	C. Bergstrom	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1991	R16	Patrick McEnroe	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1991	R32	T. Guardiola	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1991	F	Jakob Hlasek	6-7(4) 0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1991	QF	Amos Mansdorf	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1991	R16	Petr Korda	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1991	R32	L. Prades	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data