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John McEnroe#1 def. C. Lewis#48

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 1981*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	C. Lewis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	C. Lewis
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Mar 9, 1957
Age	22	24
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	48
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,312	1,823
Career W-L	833–189	221–196
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$28,181

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 C. Lewis

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1981	SF	R. Ramirez	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1981	QF	Bob Lutz	1-6 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 22, 1981	R16	B. Gottfried	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1981	R32	M. Cahill	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1981	R64	S. Glickstein	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

C. Lewis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1981	SF	Stan Smith	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 23, 1981	QF	B. Scanlon	6-3 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1981	R16	C. Roger-Vasselin	4-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1981	R32	R. Moore	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1981	R64	J. Sadri	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data