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Ivan Lendl #5 def. Jose Luis Clerc #7

3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1981*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2
Loser	Jose Luis Clerc

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Jose Luis Clerc
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Aug 16, 1958
Age	21	22
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,214	2,128
Career W-L	1,051–229	361–141
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 0 – 5 Jose Luis Clerc

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1981	QF	John McEnroe	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Peter Mcnamara	6-2 4-6 7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Eduardo Bengoechea	6-2 6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Andres Gomez	6-2 3-6 2-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	John Fitzgerald	7-5 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1981	F	Bjorn Borg	1-6 6-4 2-6 6-3 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1981	QF	Jimmy Connors	4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	Carlos Kirmayr	6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	Alejandro Ganzabal	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	Alvaro Fillol	6-4 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	Heinz Gunthardt	7-5 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data