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John McEnroe#6 def. Bernard Fritz#144

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 1978*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Bernard Fritz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Bernard Fritz
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Oct 5, 1953
Age	19	25
Height	180	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	144
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,066	1,541
Career W-L	833–189	53–82
Career earnings	$12,552,132	—

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 0 – 0 Bernard Fritz

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	R32	Bruce Manson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1978	QF	Heinz Gunthardt	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bernard Fritz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	R32	Andrew Pattison	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data