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Ivan Lendl #2 def. John McEnroe #3

6-4 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 13, 1982*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-4 6-4 7-6
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	22	23
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,341	2,220
Career W-L	1,051–229	833–189
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 4 – 2 John McEnroe

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1982	QF	Kim Warwick	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1982	R16	Mats Wilander	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1982	R32	Harold Solomon	6-3 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1982	R64	Tim Mayotte	6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1982	R128	Ramesh Krishnan	6-4 7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1982	F	Jimmy Connors	3-6 2-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1982	QF	Gene Mayer	4-6 7-6 6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1982	R16	Matt Doyle	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 6, 1982	R32	Vincent Van Patten	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1982	R64	Marty Davis	7-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1982	R128	Tim Gullikson	7-6 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data