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Ivan Lendl #1 def. John McEnroe #2

7-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1985*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	7-6 6-3 6-4
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	25	26
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,314	2,416
Career W-L	1,051–229	833–189
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 10 – 14 John McEnroe

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1985	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1985	QF	Yannick Noah	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	Jaime Yzaga	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	Horacio de la Pena	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	Bill Scanlon	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	Jay Lapidus	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1985	SF	Mats Wilander	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1985	QF	Joakim Nystrom	6-1 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	Tomas Smid	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	Bud Schultz	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	Martin Wostenholme	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	Shlomo Glickstein	6-1 6-7 2-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data