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John McEnroe vs Aaron Krickstein H2H: 5-0

John McEnroe holds a 5–0 lead over Aaron Krickstein in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, John McEnroe leads 2–0 on carpet and 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, John McEnroe won the 1989 ATP Finals round robin 5-7 6-3 6-2.

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John McEnroe
USA Age 67 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
5 – 0
5 main draw meetings
Aaron Krickstein
USA Age 59 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
John McEnroe #4 5-7 6-3 6-2 Aaron Krickstein #8 Match data Nov 28, 1989 RR ATP Finals ATP Finals Carpet
John McEnroe #6 6-2 7-6 Aaron Krickstein #13 Match data Aug 12, 1989* SF U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship ATP 250 Hard
John McEnroe #11 7-6 6-2 6-3 Aaron Krickstein #14 Match data Jan 25, 1989* R16 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
John McEnroe #14 7-5 6-2 Aaron Krickstein #20 Match data Nov 20, 1988* F Detroit ATP 250 Carpet
John McEnroe #8 4-6 6-3 7-5 Aaron Krickstein #33 Match data May 16, 1987* R16 Italian Open ATP 500 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
John McEnroe #1,219 #1 1,506 2,493 835 191 81.4% 7 0 3 3 64 77
Aaron Krickstein #1,299 #6 1,544 2,043 381 252 60.2% 0 0 0 0 9 9

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age John McEnroe Aaron Krickstein
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 1983 8–5 61.5% #93 1,646 0 1
16 — — — — — — — 1984 34–17 66.7% #12 1,865 0 4
17 1976 1–1 50.0% #264 1,516 0 0 1985 24–20 54.5% #29 1,767 0 4
18 1977 28–14 66.7% #18 1,854 0 0 1986 38–21 64.4% #26 1,841 0 4
19 1978 77–19 80.2% #4 2,152 0 5 1987 14–12 53.8% #61 1,815 0 4
20 1979 88–14 86.3% #3 2,294 1 15 1988 47–23 67.1% #15 1,877 0 4
21 1980 83–17 83.0% #2 2,270 2 24 1989 48–19 71.6% #8 2,007 0 7
22 1981 69–9 88.5% #1 2,278 4 34 1990 37–26 58.7% #20 1,822 0 7
23 1982 64–10 86.5% #1 2,291 4 39 1991 28–21 57.1% #34 1,858 0 7
24 1983 62–9 87.3% #1 2,310 5 46 1992 31–15 67.4% #28 1,827 0 8
25 1984 71–2 97.3% #1 2,477 7 59 1993 26–19 57.8% #45 1,787 0 9
26 1985 69–9 88.5% #2 2,300 7 67 1994 30–26 53.6% #35 1,742 0 9
27 1986 22–5 81.5% #14 2,199 7 70 1995 16–24 40.0% #70 1,595 0 9
28 1987 30–10 75.0% #10 2,101 7 70 1996 0–4 0.0% #1092 1,536 0 9
29 1988 29–9 76.3% #11 2,024 7 72 — — — — — — —
30 1989 45–11 80.4% #4 2,100 7 75 — — — — — — —
31 1990 33–15 68.8% #13 1,969 7 76 — — — — — — —
32 1991 32–18 64.0% #28 1,831 7 77 — — — — — — —
33 1992 32–18 64.0% #20 1,882 7 77 — — — — — — —
35 1994 0–1 0.0% #1219 1,871 7 77 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age John McEnroe Aaron Krickstein
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 8 1 9 88.9% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 9 4 13 69.2% 24 9 33 72.7% — — — — 1 4 5 20.0%
17 1976 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1985 9 6 15 60.0% 14 11 25 56.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
18 1977 1 2 3 33.3% 18 9 27 66.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 1986 19 9 28 67.9% 16 8 24 66.7% — — — — 3 4 7 42.9%
19 1978 23 7 30 76.7% 17 6 23 73.9% 5 2 7 71.4% 32 4 36 88.9% 1987 2 4 6 33.3% 12 8 20 60.0% — — — — — — — —
20 1979 22 3 25 88.0% 11 3 14 78.6% 9 1 10 90.0% 46 7 53 86.8% 1988 31 13 44 70.5% 9 6 15 60.0% — — — — 7 4 11 63.6%
21 1980 15 3 18 83.3% 12 5 17 70.6% 17 1 18 94.4% 39 8 47 83.0% 1989 28 8 36 77.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 3 1 4 75.0% 10 4 14 71.4%
22 1981 25 1 26 96.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 13 0 13 100.0% 25 6 31 80.6% 1990 23 12 35 65.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 8 16 50.0%
23 1982 20 4 24 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 11 2 13 84.6% 29 3 32 90.6% 1991 15 12 27 55.6% 4 4 8 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
24 1983 16 4 20 80.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 16 2 18 88.9% 21 2 23 91.3% 1992 19 9 28 67.9% 10 5 15 66.7% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7%
25 1984 17 1 18 94.4% 11 1 12 91.7% 13 0 13 100.0% 30 0 30 100.0% 1993 17 7 24 70.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
26 1985 25 2 27 92.6% 10 2 12 83.3% 7 2 9 77.8% 27 3 30 90.0% 1994 22 15 37 59.5% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
27 1986 15 3 18 83.3% — — — — — — — — 7 2 9 77.8% 1995 11 11 22 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 1 7 8 12.5%
28 1987 12 4 16 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 14 4 18 77.8% 1996 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
29 1988 15 4 19 78.9% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 2 12 83.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1989 21 5 26 80.8% — — — — 5 1 6 83.3% 19 5 24 79.2% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 1990 21 7 28 75.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 9 6 15 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 1991 18 10 28 64.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 11 4 15 73.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 1992 15 7 22 68.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 7 6 13 53.8% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 1994 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 281 67 348 80.7% 108 40 148 73.0% 117 20 137 85.4% 329 64 393 83.7% — 213 114 327 65.1% 112 81 193 58.0% 12 9 21 57.1% 44 48 92 47.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age John McEnroe Aaron Krickstein
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1646 118.7 — — — — +60 -159 — 52.9% +0.15 3–1 (75%) 3–2 (60%) — +1.34
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1866 151.2 — — — — -120 +9 — 61.0% +0.67 10–6 (63%) 9–7 (56%) — +0.18
17 1976 1517 111.8 — — — — — — — 50.0% +1.00 — 0–1 — +0.04 1985 1767 148.6 — — — — +19 +50 — 50.9% +0.23 9–5 (64%) 5–8 (38%) — -1.82
18 1977 1855 156.5 — — — — -222 -44 -147 64.9% +1.04 6–8 (43%) 7–4 (64%) — -0.87 1986 1841 148.2 — — — — -4 +20 — 58.9% +0.73 14–7 (67%) 12–4 (75%) — -1.08
19 1978 2153 163.5 — — — — +35 -221 -375 72.3% +1.45 22–9 (71%) 20–5 (80%) — -1.16 1987 1815 146.1 — — — — -24 +34 — 57.4% +0.50 2–5 (29%) 2–2 (50%) — -1.73
20 1979 2294 175.0 — — — — +111 -292 -360 79.5% +2.13 17–6 (74%) 13–12 (52%) — -4.92 1988 1877 146.0 — — — — +24 -70 — 59.7% +0.59 17–4 (81%) 12–12 (50%) — -0.34
21 1980 2271 176.2 — — — — +103 -287 -81 76.8% +1.92 16–5 (76%) 23–11 (68%) — -5.58 1989 2007 155.0 — — — — +31 -248 -376 63.6% +0.92 17–9 (65%) 15–10 (60%) — -1.36
22 1981 2279 175.8 — — — — +77 -268 +21 82.9% +2.37 6–4 (60%) 11–9 (55%) — -3.31 1990 1822 155.6 — — — — +56 -31 — 59.5% +0.82 4–5 (44%) 12–12 (50%) — +0.58
23 1982 2292 171.0 — — — — +80 -281 +21 82.6% +2.16 6–2 (75%) 14–4 (78%) — -3.80 1991 1858 148.6 +2.17 +0.95 1.076 51.6% +28 -70 — 51.2% +0.10 11–5 (69%) 13–14 (48%) — -1.96
24 1983 2311 171.6 — — — — +96 -232 +54 79.7% +2.11 10–3 (77%) 13–9 (59%) — -3.92 1992 1827 147.6 +1.05 +3.51 1.134 52.4% +25 -16 — 66.1% +1.20 8–5 (62%) 6–8 (43%) — +1.22
25 1984 2478 178.8 — — — — +59 -295 -2 90.9% +2.81 8–2 (80%) 13–2 (87%) — -2.77 1993 1787 146.2 +0.40 +2.91 1.053 51.2% +27 -47 -72 56.1% +0.55 8–9 (47%) 7–6 (54%) — -2.17
26 1985 2300 171.1 — — — — +156 -100 +103 80.9% +2.16 11–3 (79%) 16–7 (70%) — -1.30 1994 1742 147.9 +0.73 +1.66 1.058 51.1% +14 +4 -16 54.2% +0.44 8–10 (44%) 11–13 (46%) — -0.64
27 1986 2200 152.5 — — — — +121 — — 77.4% +1.82 3–3 (50%) 5–3 (63%) — -0.22 1995 1595 127.7 -2.33 -1.97 0.850 47.1% +46 +54 +157 42.5% -0.61 5–3 (63%) 9–7 (56%) — -0.56
28 1987 2101 163.1 — — — — +100 +29 — 67.6% +1.06 6–2 (75%) 7–4 (64%) — -1.58 1996 1537 98.9 -2.75 -0.44 0.777 44.8% +26 — — 30.8% -1.00 0–3 (0%) 0–1 — +0.20
29 1988 2025 157.5 — — — — +93 +91 — 74.0% +1.73 4–6 (40%) 7–6 (54%) — -1.10 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1989 2101 168.5 — — — — +41 — +115 70.3% +1.37 11–1 (92%) 11–7 (61%) — -3.55 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 1990 1970 152.1 — — — — +13 — +206 65.9% +1.12 10–5 (67%) 8–8 (50%) — -0.66 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 1991 1832 148.2 +2.68 +1.47 1.148 52.3% +40 — +312 61.0% +0.89 7–6 (54%) 10–11 (48%) — +1.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 1992 1883 154.7 +2.89 +2.22 1.132 52.2% +2 +89 +277 59.6% +0.83 10–4 (71%) 8–11 (42%) — -1.41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 1994 1872 108.6 +5.28 -0.41 0.613 42.4% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — -0.44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2494 173.5 +2.82 +1.83 1.132 52.2% +74 -172 -3 75.4% +1.78 153–69 (69%) 186–115 (62%) 104.4 -3.49 — 2044 153.8 +0.43 +1.44 1.029 50.7% +21 -17 -76 56.9% +0.52 116–77 (60%) 116–106 (52%) 101.8 -1.29

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.