Career 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 John McEnroe takes it, 8–0 on categories McEnroe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Walts 274 matches, McEnroe 1,030 matches.
McEnroe has 77 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Walts’ 4 titles (one every 33.3 matches). McEnroe has the better sets won %: 75.6 to Walts’s 50. McEnroe averages 1.9 sets won a match to Walts’ 1.2 (60% more). Winners’ edge: McEnroe’s team won 82%, Walts’s team won 51% of the matches they played. Longevity: McEnroe has 1,030 matches across 18 seasons, Walts 274 in 10 — 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. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 4 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 77 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 7 total · best 1
– First serve in % 56.5
– First-serve points won % 75.5
– Break points saved % 60.0
– Return points won % 39.4
– Acesper game 5.1 514 total · best 17
Head to head 2 8 matches since 1977 6
Carpet · 5 matches Walts 2 McEnroe 3 Grass · 1 match Walts 0 McEnroe 1 Clay · 1 match Walts 0 McEnroe 1 Hard · 1 match Walts 0 McEnroe 1 Grand Slams · 2 matches Walts 0 McEnroe 2 Last meetings 23 June 1980 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · Grass McEnroe won 6-3 6-3 6-0 5 May 1980 · Forest Hills WCT · Round of 32 · Clay McEnroe won 6-3 6-1 19 Nov 1979 · Bologna · Semifinal · Carpet Walts won 6-4 6-7 6-3 24 Sept 1979 · San Francisco · Quarterfinal · Carpet McEnroe won 3-6 7-6 6-4 16 Apr 1979 · San Jose · Semifinal · Carpet McEnroe won 6-4 6-4 29 Aug 1978 · US Open · Quarterfinal · Hard McEnroe won Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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