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John McEnroe #20 def. David Wheaton #44

6-1 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1990*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-1 6-4 6-4
Loser	David Wheaton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	David Wheaton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 2, 1969
Age	31	21
Height	180	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	44
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,994	1,878
Career W-L	833–189	231–190
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 David Wheaton

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1990	R16	Emilio Sanchez	7-6 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1990	R32	Andrei Chesnokov	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1990	R64	David Engel	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1990	R128	Javier Sanchez	7-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1990	SF	Pete Sampras	2-6 4-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Wheaton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1990	R16	Kevin Curren	7-5 7-6 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1990	R32	Paul Annacone	6-2 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1990	R64	Jonas Svensson	6-4 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1990	R128	Jordi Arrese	6-3 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data