Ivan Lendl #1 def. John McEnroe #2

7-6 6-3 6-4

Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe 7-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1985 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 10, 1985*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1985
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Feb 16, 1959
Age	25	26
Height	188 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,317	2,416
Current career W-L	1,045–227	835–191
Current career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl #1 9 – 13 John McEnroe #2

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors #4	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1985	SF
Yannick Noah #6	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1985	QF
Jaime Yzaga #266	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1985	R16
Horacio de la Pena #57	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1985	R32
Bill Scanlon #82	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1985	R64
Jay Lapidus #100	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985	R128

Ivan Lendl's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mats Wilander #3	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1985	SF
Joakim Nystrom #10	6-1 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1985	QF
Tomas Smid #19	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1985	R16
Bud Schultz #64	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1985	R32
Martin Wostenholme #120	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1985	R64
Shlomo Glickstein #172	6-1 6-7 2-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985	R128