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John McEnroe#3 def. P. Fleming#12

4-6 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 1979*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	4-6 7-5 6-2
Loser	P. Fleming

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	P. Fleming
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jan 21, 1955
Age	20	24
Height	180	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,307	2,029
Career W-L	833–189	224–214
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$1,986,799

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 3 – 3 P. Fleming

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	SF	Tim Gullikson	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	QF	B. Walts	3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1979	R16	J. Sadri	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1979	R32	D. Schneider	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

P. Fleming's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	SF	P. Dupre	6-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	QF	R. Moore	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1979	R16	B. Scanlon	6-3 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1979	R32	F. Taygan	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1979	R64	B. Mitton	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data