John McEnroe #4 def. Deon Joubert #55

6-2 6-1

John McEnroe defeated Deon Joubert 6-2 6-1 in the 1979 Richmond Wct round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 2, 1979*
Tournament: Richmond Wct
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Deon Joubert
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 10, 1953
Age	19	25
Height	180 cm	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	55
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,141	1,568
Current career W-L	835–191	39–76
Current career earnings	$12,552,132	—

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe #4 1 – 0 Deon Joubert #55

Path

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Joel Bailey	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 1, 1979	R32

John McEnroe's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ilie Nastase #12	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 1979	QF

Deon Joubert's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sherwood Stewart	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data	Feb 1, 1979	R32