H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

John McEnroe vs Brian Gottfried H2H: 8-1

John McEnroe holds an 8–1 lead over Brian Gottfried in their ATP head-to-head. Across 9 main-draw meetings, John McEnroe leads 4–1 on carpet and 3–0 on grass. Most recently, John McEnroe won the 1983 Queen's Club Championships quarterfinal 6-0 6-1.

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John McEnroe
USA Age 67 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
8 – 1
9 main draw meetings
Brian Gottfried
USA Age 74 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
John McEnroe #1 6-0 6-1 Brian Gottfried #16 Match data Jun 11, 1983* QF Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass
John McEnroe #2 6-3 6-2 6-4 Brian Gottfried #23 Match data Nov 14, 1982* F Wembley ATP 250 Carpet
John McEnroe #1 6-1 6-2 Brian Gottfried #19 Match data Nov 14, 1981* QF Wembley ATP 250 Carpet
John McEnroe #1 6-3 6-2 Brian Gottfried #18 Match data Aug 22, 1981* R16 Cincinnati Open ATP 500 Hard
John McEnroe #2 7-6 7-5 Brian Gottfried #12 Match data Jun 14, 1981* F Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass
John McEnroe #2 6-3 6-4 6-1 Brian Gottfried #14 Match data May 3, 1981* SF Dallas Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John McEnroe #2 7-6 7-6 Brian Gottfried #28 Match data Jun 13, 1980* R16 Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass
John McEnroe #2 6-3 6-3 Brian Gottfried #25 Match data Feb 29, 1980* R16 Memphis ATP 250 Carpet
Brian Gottfried #5 6-1 6-3 John McEnroe #18 Match data Jan 28, 1978* QF Philadelphia Wct ATP 250 Carpet

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
Brian Gottfried #431 #3 0 2,250 690 321 68.2% 0 0 0 0 25 25

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 Brian Gottfried
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 1976 1–1 50.0% #264 1,516 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1977 28–14 66.7% #18 1,854 0 0 1970 0–4 0.0% — 1,446 0 0
19 1978 77–19 80.2% #4 2,152 0 5 1971 5–8 38.5% — 1,524 0 0
20 1979 88–14 86.3% #3 2,294 1 15 1972 11–13 45.8% — 1,584 0 0
21 1980 83–17 83.0% #2 2,270 2 24 1973 52–33 61.2% #21 1,789 0 2
22 1981 69–9 88.5% #1 2,278 4 34 1974 53–32 62.4% #33 1,947 0 3
23 1982 64–10 86.5% #1 2,291 4 39 1975 68–30 69.4% #23 1,966 0 6
24 1983 62–9 87.3% #1 2,310 5 46 1976 68–29 70.1% #10 2,130 0 7
25 1984 71–2 97.3% #1 2,477 7 59 1977 107–22 82.9% #4 2,092 0 12
26 1985 69–9 88.5% #2 2,300 7 67 1978 72–25 74.2% #7 1,999 0 15
27 1986 22–5 81.5% #14 2,199 7 70 1979 54–23 70.1% #16 1,982 0 17
28 1987 30–10 75.0% #10 2,101 7 70 1980 68–23 74.7% #11 1,998 0 21
29 1988 29–9 76.3% #11 2,024 7 72 1981 47–22 68.1% #18 1,949 0 22
30 1989 45–11 80.4% #4 2,100 7 75 1982 43–22 66.2% #22 1,950 0 24
31 1990 33–15 68.8% #13 1,969 7 76 1983 29–17 63.0% #21 1,876 0 25
32 1991 32–18 64.0% #28 1,831 7 77 1984 13–18 41.9% #90 1,723 0 25
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 Brian Gottfried
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 %
17 1976 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1977 1 2 3 33.3% 18 9 27 66.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 1970 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
19 1978 23 7 30 76.7% 17 6 23 73.9% 5 2 7 71.4% 32 4 36 88.9% 1971 2 4 6 33.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1979 22 3 25 88.0% 11 3 14 78.6% 9 1 10 90.0% 46 7 53 86.8% 1972 2 3 5 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 3 6 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
21 1980 15 3 18 83.3% 12 5 17 70.6% 17 1 18 94.4% 39 8 47 83.0% 1973 28 11 39 71.8% 8 8 16 50.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 9 9 18 50.0%
22 1981 25 1 26 96.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 13 0 13 100.0% 25 6 31 80.6% 1974 21 11 32 65.6% 17 12 29 58.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 13 6 19 68.4%
23 1982 20 4 24 83.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 11 2 13 84.6% 29 3 32 90.6% 1975 24 12 36 66.7% 21 11 32 65.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 19 5 24 79.2%
24 1983 16 4 20 80.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 16 2 18 88.9% 21 2 23 91.3% 1976 14 6 20 70.0% 23 11 34 67.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 28 10 38 73.7%
25 1984 17 1 18 94.4% 11 1 12 91.7% 13 0 13 100.0% 30 0 30 100.0% 1977 34 5 39 87.2% 32 8 40 80.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 33 6 39 84.6%
26 1985 25 2 27 92.6% 10 2 12 83.3% 7 2 9 77.8% 27 3 30 90.0% 1978 16 6 22 72.7% 21 8 29 72.4% 8 2 10 80.0% 27 9 36 75.0%
27 1986 15 3 18 83.3% — — — — — — — — 7 2 9 77.8% 1979 23 6 29 79.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 15 9 24 62.5%
28 1987 12 4 16 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 14 4 18 77.8% 1980 15 5 20 75.0% 16 5 21 76.2% 16 4 20 80.0% 21 9 30 70.0%
29 1988 15 4 19 78.9% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 2 12 83.3% 1981 27 9 36 75.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 11 8 19 57.9%
30 1989 21 5 26 80.8% — — — — 5 1 6 83.3% 19 5 24 79.2% 1982 26 10 36 72.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 12 8 20 60.0%
31 1990 21 7 28 75.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 9 6 15 60.0% 1983 13 7 20 65.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
32 1991 18 10 28 64.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 1984 4 5 9 44.4% 7 6 13 53.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
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% — 249 101 350 71.1% 169 92 261 64.8% 74 39 113 65.5% 198 89 287 69.0%

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 Brian Gottfried
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
17 1976 1517 111.8 — — — — — — — 50.0% +1.00 — 0–1 — +0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1977 1855 156.5 — — — — -222 -44 -147 64.9% +1.04 6–8 (43%) 7–4 (64%) — -0.87 1970 1446 93.4 — — — — — — — 25.0% -1.75 0–2 0–1 — +0.15
19 1978 2153 163.5 — — — — +35 -221 -375 72.3% +1.45 22–9 (71%) 20–5 (80%) — -1.16 1971 1525 121.6 — — — — +18 +48 — 42.9% -0.57 3–4 (43%) 4–3 (57%) — -1.19
20 1979 2294 175.0 — — — — +111 -292 -360 79.5% +2.13 17–6 (74%) 13–12 (52%) — -4.92 1972 1584 123.4 — — — — +2 +10 -60 49.2% +0.03 2–4 (33%) 1–4 (20%) — -0.59
21 1980 2271 176.2 — — — — +103 -287 -81 76.8% +1.92 16–5 (76%) 23–11 (68%) — -5.58 1973 1790 142.5 — — — — +66 -132 -163 56.9% +0.58 13–8 (62%) 9–9 (50%) — -1.09
22 1981 2279 175.8 — — — — +77 -268 +21 82.9% +2.37 6–4 (60%) 11–9 (55%) — -3.31 1974 1948 144.7 — — — — +47 -172 -312 59.2% +0.66 16–10 (62%) 11–9 (55%) — -3.32
23 1982 2292 171.0 — — — — +80 -281 +21 82.6% +2.16 6–2 (75%) 14–4 (78%) — -3.80 1975 1966 153.4 — — — — +58 -83 -266 65.3% +1.12 18–17 (51%) 6–9 (40%) — -2.87
24 1983 2311 171.6 — — — — +96 -232 +54 79.7% +2.11 10–3 (77%) 13–9 (59%) — -3.92 1976 2130 163.6 — — — — +44 -146 -384 64.8% +1.11 19–10 (66%) 16–10 (62%) — -9.58
25 1984 2478 178.8 — — — — +59 -295 -2 90.9% +2.81 8–2 (80%) 13–2 (87%) — -2.77 1977 2092 165.3 — — — — +120 -27 -298 73.9% +1.70 31–8 (79%) 11–13 (46%) — -2.47
26 1985 2300 171.1 — — — — +156 -100 +103 80.9% +2.16 11–3 (79%) 16–7 (70%) — -1.30 1978 2000 164.6 — — — — +107 -19 -69 69.3% +1.32 17–14 (55%) 14–9 (61%) — -2.64
27 1986 2200 152.5 — — — — +121 — — 77.4% +1.82 3–3 (50%) 5–3 (63%) — -0.22 1979 1982 159.7 — — — — +81 -11 -51 67.2% +1.36 12–10 (55%) 9–10 (47%) — -2.54
28 1987 2101 163.1 — — — — +100 +29 — 67.6% +1.06 6–2 (75%) 7–4 (64%) — -1.58 1980 1999 156.9 — — — — +21 +11 +43 70.0% +1.36 14–9 (61%) 16–10 (62%) — -2.29
29 1988 2025 157.5 — — — — +93 +91 — 74.0% +1.73 4–6 (40%) 7–6 (54%) — -1.10 1981 1950 153.8 — — — — +48 +6 +46 62.4% +0.92 12–5 (71%) 10–9 (53%) — -2.94
30 1989 2101 168.5 — — — — +41 — +115 70.3% +1.37 11–1 (92%) 11–7 (61%) — -3.55 1982 1950 154.9 — — — — +55 -43 -5 62.1% +1.01 12–7 (63%) 11–11 (50%) — -1.35
31 1990 1970 152.1 — — — — +13 — +206 65.9% +1.12 10–5 (67%) 8–8 (50%) — -0.66 1983 1877 141.1 — — — — +60 -49 +102 56.9% +0.45 11–3 (79%) 9–8 (53%) — -1.19
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 1984 1724 135.1 — — — — +113 +69 +143 46.3% -0.15 4–6 (40%) 4–1 (80%) — -1.29
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 — 2251 158.8 — — — — +67 -60 -86 63.8% +1.01 184–117 (61%) 131–116 (53%) 99.7 -3.50

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.