Curren v McEnroe
ATP Tour career
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John McEnroe takes it, 12–2 on categories
McEnroe wins on titles. Curren’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Curren 580 matches, McEnroe 1,030 matches.
- McEnroe has 77 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Curren’s 6 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- McEnroe averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Curren’s 1.1.
- McEnroe has the better first serve in %: 56.5 to Curren’s 49.3.
- Winners’ edge: McEnroe’s team won 82%, Curren’s team won 59% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: McEnroe has 1,030 matches across 18 seasons, Curren 580 in 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.177 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
- 49.3First serve in %56.5
- 75.7First-serve points won %75.5
- 56.9Break points saved %60.0
- 35.9Return points won %39.4
- 7.3501 total · best 22
Head to head
19 matches
since 19808
since 19808
- Carpet · 4 matchesCurren 0McEnroe 4
- Grass · 3 matchesCurren 1McEnroe 2
- Hard · 2 matchesCurren 0McEnroe 2
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesCurren 1McEnroe 2
- Finals · 2 matchesCurren 0McEnroe 2
Last meetings
- 6 Oct 1986 · Scottsdale · Final · HardMcEnroe won 6-3 3-6 6-2
- 24 June 1985 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassCurren won 6-2 6-2 6-4
- 25 Feb 1985 · Houston · Final · CarpetMcEnroe won 7-5 6-1 7-6
- 24 Apr 1984 · Dallas WCT · Semifinal · CarpetMcEnroe won 6-3 6-3 6-4
- 27 Feb 1984 · Madrid · Semifinal · CarpetMcEnroe won 6-2 7-6
- 19 Sept 1983 · San Francisco · Semifinal · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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