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Ivan Lendl #2 def. John McEnroe #1

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 12, 1985*
Tournament	Forest Hills
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Feb 16, 1959
Age	25	26
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,302	2,457
Career W-L	1,051–229	833–189
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 8 – 12 John McEnroe

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1985	SF	Aaron Krickstein	6-1 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1985	QF	Lawson Duncan	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1985	R16	Victor Pecci	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1985	R32	Ronald Agenor	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1985	R64	Christo Steyn	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1985	SF	Henrik Sundstrom	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1985	QF	Claudio Panatta	3-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1985	R16	Martin Jaite	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1985	R32	Jaroslav Navratil	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1985	R64	Vincent Van Patten	6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data