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John McEnroe#1 def. Kevin Curren#11

7-5 6-1 7-6

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 1985*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-5 6-1 7-6
Loser	Kevin Curren

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Kevin Curren
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Mar 2, 1958
Age	26	27
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,482	1,991
Career W-L	833–189	339–238
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$3,054,423

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 6 – 0 Kevin Curren

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1985	SF	Peter Fleming	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1985	QF	Brad Gilbert	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1985	R16	Tom Gullikson	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Feb 28, 1985	R32	Wojtek Fibak	6-2 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kevin Curren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1985	SF	Shahar Perkiss	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1985	QF	Tim Mayotte	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1985	R16	Paul Annacone	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1985	R32	Steve Denton	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data