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John McEnroe#15 def. J. Connors#7

7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 1986*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-6 6-3
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	27	34
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,217	2,064
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 19 – 12 J. Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1986	SF	Stefan Edberg	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1986	QF	J. Sadri	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1986	R16	J. Letts	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1986	R32	B. Dyke	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1986	SF	Anders Jarryd	6-7 6-1 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1986	QF	P. Lundgren	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1986	R16	P. Fleming	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1986	R32	D. Goldie	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data