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John McEnroe#4 def. R. Tanner#6

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 16, 1979*
Tournament	Queen's Club
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 7-5
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	20	27
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,300	2,118
Career W-L	833–189	595–298
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 1 R. Tanner

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1979	QF	S. Mayer	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 1979	R16	V. Amritraj	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1979	R32	J. James	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1979	R64	C. Pasarell	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 1979	F	V. Pecci	6-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1979	QF	N. Saviano	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 1979	R16	M. Riessen	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1979	R32	P. Dent	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1979	R64	D. Collings	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data