McEnroe v Lendl
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 8–6 on categories
McEnroe wins on titles. Lendl’s case rests on aces. ATP Tour career: McEnroe 1,030 matches, Lendl 1,284 matches.
- McEnroe has 77 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Lendl’s 93 titles (one every 12.5 matches).
- Lendl averages 6.7 aces a match to McEnroe’s 5.1 (30% more).
- 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.
- 0.177 total · best 1Titlesper game0.193 total · best 1
- 0.07 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 56.5First serve in %56.1
- 75.5First-serve points won %75.9
- 60.0Break points saved %59.7
- 39.4Return points won %40.1
Head to head
1535 matches
since 198020
since 198020
- Carpet · 14 matchesMcEnroe 8Lendl 6
- Hard · 12 matchesMcEnroe 4Lendl 8
- Clay · 7 matchesMcEnroe 2Lendl 5
- Grass · 2 matchesMcEnroe 1Lendl 1
- Grand Slams · 10 matchesMcEnroe 3Lendl 7
- Finals · 19 matchesMcEnroe 11Lendl 8
Last meetings
- 20 July 1992 · ATP Masters 1000 Canada · Quarterfinal · HardLendl won 6-2 6-4
- 19 Aug 1991 · Long Island · Semifinal · HardLendl won 6-3 7-5
- 11 June 1990 · London / Queen's Club · Semifinal · GrassLendl won 6-2 6-4
- 12 Feb 1990 · Toronto Indoor · Semifinal · CarpetLendl won 6-3 6-2
- 28 Nov 1989 · Masters · Round robin · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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