Denton v McEnroe
ATP Tour career
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John McEnroe takes it, 7–0 on categories
McEnroe wins on sets won %. ATP Tour career: Denton 226 matches, McEnroe 1,030 matches.
- McEnroe has the better sets won %: 75.6 to Denton’s 47.1.
- McEnroe averages 1.9 sets won a match to Denton’s 1.3 (54% more).
- McEnroe averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Denton’s 1.4.
- Winners’ edge: McEnroe’s team won 82%, Denton’s team won 48% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: McEnroe has 1,030 matches across 18 seasons, Denton 226 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.
- –Titlesper game0.177 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.07 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 game5.1514 total · best 17
- 13.53,045 total · best 35
Head to head
17 matches
since 19826
since 19826
- Carpet · 4 matchesDenton 0McEnroe 4
- Hard · 2 matchesDenton 1McEnroe 1
- Clay · 1 matchDenton 0McEnroe 1
- Finals · 1 matchDenton 0McEnroe 1
Last meetings
- 6 May 1984 · Forest Hills WCT · Round of 16 · ClayMcEnroe won 6-3 6-2
- 1 Feb 1984 · Richmond WCT · Final · CarpetMcEnroe won 6-3 7-6
- 7 Nov 1983 · Wembley · Quarterfinal · CarpetMcEnroe won 6-3 6-3
- 8 Nov 1982 · Wembley · Semifinal · CarpetMcEnroe won 6-1 6-4
- 25 Oct 1982 · Tokyo Indoor · Quarterfinal · CarpetMcEnroe won 7-6 7-5
- 11 Oct 1982 · Sydney Indoor · Semifinal · HardMcEnroe won 6-3 6-1
- 16 Aug 1982 · Cincinnati · Semifinal · HardDenton won 7-6 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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