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John McEnroe #4 def. Roscoe 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	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Roscoe 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 Roscoe Tanner

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1979	QF	Sandy Mayer	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 1979	R16	Vijay Amritraj	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1979	R32	John James	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1979	R64	Charlie 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	Victor Pecci	6-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1979	QF	Nick Saviano	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 1979	R16	Marty Riessen	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1979	R32	Phil Dent	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1979	R64	Dale Collings	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data