John McEnroe

John McEnroe

Country	United States
Residence	New York City
Date of birth	February 16, 1959 (1959-02-16) (age 50)
Place of birth	Wiesbaden, West Germany (United States Military Base)
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Turned pro	1978, international debut in 1976
Retired	1992
Plays	Left-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$12,547,797
Singles
Career record:	875–198 (81.55%)
Career titles:	97 including 77 listed by the ATP
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (March 3, 1980)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1983)
French Open	F (1984)
Wimbledon	W (1981, 1983, 1984)
US Open	W (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984)
Major tournaments
Masters Cup	W (1978, 1983, 1984)
Doubles
Career record:	530–103 (83.73%)
Career titles:	70
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (January 3, 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1989)
French Open	QF (1992)
Wimbledon	W (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1992)
US Open	W (1979, 1981, 1983, 1989)
Mixed Doubles
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Career titles:	{{{mixedtitles}}}
Highest ranking:	{{{highestmixedranking}}}
Infobox last updated on: July 6, 2006.

John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles—three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open—nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. He is remembered for his shot-making artistry and superb volleying; for his famous rivalries with Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl; for his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities; and for the catchphrase "You cannot be serious!" directed toward an umpire during a match at Wimbledon in 1981. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.

After a 12-year absence from the professional tour, McEnroe returned to top-level doubles competition in 2006 and became the oldest male player to win a top-level title in 30 years at San Jose.^[1]

1 Playing style
2 Early success
3 Battles with Björn Borg (1980-81)
4 Continued success (1982-85)
5 Relationship with Nike
6 Taking time out
7 Association of Tennis Professionals World No. 1 ranking
8 Success in doubles
9 Representing his country
10 Final years on the tour
11 After retirement from the tour
12 Return to the tour
13 Career statistics
14 Pop-culture appearances
15 See also
16 References
17 External links

Playing style

A consistent serve and volleyer, McEnroe's game included hard, flat serves down the line or swinging slice serves (whose intended direction was obscured by an unorthodox stance) out wide combined with angled, deft volleys, shot-making artistry, and a fast, attacking style of play. His sharp reflexes enabled him to return the biggest serves and passing shots masterfully, and the variety, delicacy, and quickness of his play delighted crowds and allowed him to defeat opponents who were physically much larger. But McEnroe also quickly became known for his competitive fire and volatile temper. Verbal outbursts seemed to be a key way in which he motivated himself to battle through tough situations during matches, yet which frequently got him into trouble. And they called him the bad boy of tennis, too.

Early success

McEnroe was born in the U.S military base at Wiesbaden, West Germany, the son of Katy and John Patrick McEnroe, Sr., an attorney^[2] who at the time was stationed with the United States Air Force. He is of Irish descent.^[3] When he was less than a year old, his family moved to New York City. He grew up in Douglaston, Queens and learned tennis at the nearby Port Washington Tennis Academy, in Port Washington, on Long Island, NY.

McEnroe took the tennis world by storm as an 18-year-old in 1977, when he made it through the qualifying tournament into the main draw at Wimbledon, where he lost in four sets to Jimmy Connors in the semifinals. It was the best performance by a qualifier at a Grand Slam tournament and a record performance for an amateur in the open era. Shortly after, McEnroe entered Stanford University and won the NCAA singles and team titles in 1978. After that, he joined the professional tour.

McEnroe signed one of the first professional endorsement deals in tennis with Sergio Tacchini in 1978. He won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 1979 US Open. He defeated his good friend Vitas Gerulaitis in straight sets in the final to become the youngest winner of the championships since Pancho Gonzales, who was also 20, in 1948. (Pete Sampras eventually became the youngest US Open Champion at 19 years old.) McEnroe won 10 singles and 17 doubles titles that year (for a total of 27 titles, which marked an open era record).

Battles with Björn Borg (1980-81)

In 1980, McEnroe reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon for the first time, where he faced Björn Borg, who was gunning for his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title. At the start of the final, McEnroe was booed by the crowd as he entered Centre Court following heated exchanges with officials during his semifinal victory over Jimmy Connors. In a fourth-set tiebreaker that lasted 20 minutes, often simply called "that tie-breaker", McEnroe saved five match points and eventually won 18-16. McEnroe, however, could not break Borg's serve in the fifth set, which the Swede won 8–6. This match was called the best Wimbledon final by ESPN's countdown show "Who's Number One?" and "one of the three or four greatest sporting events in history" by ESPN personality Mike Greenberg.

McEnroe exacted revenge two months later, beating Borg in the five-set final of the 1980 US Open.

Controversy dogged McEnroe when he returned to Wimbledon in 1981. Following his second-round match against Tom Gullikson, McEnroe was fined U.S. $1,500 and came close to being thrown out of the championships after he called umpire Ted James "the pits of the world" and then swore at tournament referee Fred Hoyles. He also made famous the phrase "you cannot be serious", which years later would become the title of McEnroe's autobiography, by shouting it after several umpires' calls during his matches. This behavior was in sharp contrast to that of Borg, who was painted by the tabloid press as an unflappable "ice man." Nevertheless, in matches played between the two, McEnroe never lost his temper.

But despite the controversy and merciless criticism from the British press (who nicknamed him "SuperBrat"), McEnroe again made the Wimbledon men's singles final against Borg. And this time, McEnroe prevailed in four sets to end the Swede's run of 41 consecutive match victories at the All England Club. TV commentator Bud Collins quipped after the July 4 battle, paraphrasing "Yankee Doodle", "Stick a feather in his cap and call it 'McEnroe-ni'!".^[4]

The controversy, however, did not end there. In response to McEnroe's on-court outbursts during the championships, the All England Club did not accord McEnroe honorary club membership, an honor normally given to singles champions after their first victory. McEnroe responded by not attending the traditional champions dinner that evening. He told the press: "I wanted to spend (the evening) with my family and friends and the people who had supported me, not a bunch of stiffs who are 70-80 years old, telling you that you're acting like a jerk." The honor was eventually accorded to McEnroe after he won the championship again.

Borg and McEnroe had their final confrontation in the final of the 1981 US Open. McEnroe won in four sets, becoming the first male player since the 1920s to win three consecutive US Open singles titles. Borg never played another Grand Slam event.

Continued success (1982-85)

McEnroe lost to Jimmy Connors in the 1982 Wimbledon final. McEnroe had not lost a set going into the final; however, Connors won the fourth set tiebreak and the fifth set to win the championship.

In 1983, McEnroe reached his fourth consecutive Wimbledon final and swept aside the unheralded New Zealander Chris Lewis in straight-sets. He also played at the Australian Open for the first time, making it to the semifinals before being defeated in four sets by Mats Wilander.

At the 1984 French Open, McEnroe lost a close final match to Ivan Lendl. McEnroe was on the verge of beating Lendl after winning the first two sets. But Lendl's decision to use more topspin lobs and cross-court backhand passing shots, as well as fatigue and temperamental outbursts got the better of McEnroe, allowing Lendl to win a dramatic five-setter. The loss ended a 39-match winning streak and was the closest McEnroe ever came to winning the French Open.

In the 1984 Wimbledon final, McEnroe played a virtually flawless match to defeat Connors in just 80 minutes, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2. That was McEnroe's third and final Wimbledon singles title.

McEnroe won his fourth US Open title in 1984 by defeating Lendl in straight sets in the final.

1984 was arguably McEnroe's best year on the tennis tour, as he compiled an 82-3 record and won a career-high 13 singles tournaments, including Wimbledon and the US Open. He also was on the U.S.' winning World Team Cup and runner-up Davis Cup teams. The only male who has come close to matching McEnroe's 1984 win-loss record since then was Roger Federer in 2005. Federer was 81-3 before losing his last match of the year to David Nalbandian.

McEnroe's 1984 season did not end without controversy. While playing and winning the tournament in Stockholm, McEnroe had an on-court outburst that became notorious in sports highlight reels. After questioning a call made by the chair umpire, McEnroe demanded, "Answer my question, jerk!" McEnroe then slammed his racquet into a juice cart beside the court.

In 1985, McEnroe reached his last Grand Slam singles final at the US Open. This time, he was beaten in straight sets by Lendl. The word "Filthy" was actually first used as a positive to describe the incredible nature of McEnroe's one-handed backhand.

Relationship with Nike

Nike co-founder Phil Knight discovered McEnroe in 1978 and tapped him for the "Rebel With a Cause" ad campaign.^[5]

Taking time out

By 1986, the pressures of playing at the top had become too much for McEnroe to handle and he took a six-month break from the tour. It was during this sabbatical that he married the actress Tatum O'Neal on August 1, 1986. They would eventually have 3 children: Kevin (born May 23, 1986), Sean (born September 23, 1987), and Emily (born May 10, 1991), and divorce in 1994. When he returned to the tour later in 1986, he won three titles. But McEnroe never seemed to be able to recapture his very best form again. In 1987, McEnroe failed to win a title for the first time since turning pro. He took a seven-month break from the game following the US Open, where he was suspended for two months and fined US$17,500 for misconduct and verbal abuse.

Association of Tennis Professionals World No. 1 ranking

According to the ranking system maintained by the Association of Tennis Professionals, McEnroe first became the top ranked singles player in March 1980. He was the top ranked player on 14 separate occasions between 1980 and 1985 and finished the year ranked World No. 1 four straight years from 1981 through 1984. He spent a total of 170 weeks at the top of the rankings.

Success in doubles

McEnroe was also ranked the World No. 1 in doubles for a record 257 weeks. He formed a powerful partnership with Peter Fleming, with whom he won 57 men's doubles titles including four at Wimbledon and three at the US Open. (Fleming was always very modest about his own contribution to the partnership - he once said "the best doubles partnership in the world is John McEnroe and anybody else.") McEnroe won a fourth US Open men's doubles title in 1989 with Mark Woodforde, and a fifth Wimbledon men's doubles title in 1992 with Michael Stich. He also won the 1977 French Open mixed doubles title with childhood pal Mary Carillo.

Representing his country

More than any other player in his era, McEnroe was responsible for reviving U.S. interest in the Davis Cup, which had been shunned by Jimmy Connors and other leading U.S. players. In 1978, McEnroe won two singles rubbers in the final as the U.S. captured the cup for the first time since 1972, beating the United Kingdom in the final. McEnroe continued to be a mainstay of U.S. Davis Cup teams for the next 14 years and was part of U.S. winning teams in 1979, 1981, 1982, and 1992. He set numerous U.S. Davis Cup records, including years played (12), ties (30), singles wins (41), and total wins in singles and doubles (59). He played both singles and doubles in 13 series, and he and Peter Fleming won 14 of 15 Davis Cup doubles matches together.

An epic performance was McEnroe's 6-hour, 22-minute victory over Mats Wilander in the deciding rubber of the 3–2 quarterfinal win over Sweden in 1982, played in St. Louis, Missouri. McEnroe won the match, at the time the longest in Davis Cup history, 9–7, 6–2, 15-17, 3–6, 8–6.

McEnroe nearly broke that record in a 6-hour, 20-minute loss to Boris Becker five years later. Becker won their match, the second rubber in a 3–2 loss to West Germany in World Group Relegation play, 4–6, 15-13, 8-10, 6–2, 6–2.

McEnroe also helped the U.S. win the World Team Cup in 1984 and 1985.

Final years on the tour

McEnroe struggled to regain his form after his 1986 sabbatical. He lost, for example, three times in Grand Slam tournaments to Ivan Lendl, losing straight-set quarterfinals at both the 1987 US Open and the 1989 Australian Open and a long four-set match, played over two days, in the fourth round of the 1988 French Open.

Nevertheless McEnroe had several notable victories in the final years of his career.

In 1989, McEnroe won a record fifth title at the World Championship Tennis Finals (the championship tournament of the WCT tour, which was being staged for the last time), defeating top-ranked Lendl in the semifinals. At Wimbledon, he defeated Mats Wilander in a four-set quarterfinal before losing to Stefan Edberg in a semifinal. He won the RCA Championships in Indianapolis and reached the final of the Canadian Open, where he lost to Lendl. He also won both of his singles rubbers in the quarterfinal Davis Cup tie with Sweden.

Controversy was never far from McEnroe, however. In his fourth round match against Mikael Pernfors at the 1990 Australian Open, McEnroe was disqualified for swearing at the umpire, supervisor, and referee. He was warned by the umpire for intimidating a lineswoman and then docked a point for smashing a racket. McEnroe was apparently unaware that a new Code of Conduct, which had been introduced just before the tournament, meant that a third code violation would not lead to the deduction of a game but instead would result in immediate disqualification. So when McEnroe unleashed a volley of abuse at umpire Gerry Armstrong, he was defaulted.

Later that year, McEnroe reached the semifinals of the US Open, losing to the eventual champion, Pete Sampras. He also won the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, defeating Goran Ivanišević in a five-set final. The last time McEnroe was ranked in the world top ten was on October 22, 1990, when he was ranked 9th. His end-of-year singles ranking was 13th.

In 1991, McEnroe won the last edition of the Volvo Tennis-Chicago tournament by defeating his brother Patrick in the final. He won both of his singles rubbers in the quarterfinal Davis Cup tie with Spain. And he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon (losing to Edberg) and the third round at the US Open (losing to Michael Chang in a five-set night match). His end-of-year singles ranking was 28th in the world.

In 1992, McEnroe defeated third-ranked Boris Becker in the third round of the Australian Open 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 before a sell-out crowd. In the fourth round, McEnroe needed 4 hours 42 minutes to defeat ninth ranked Emilio Sánchez 8–6 in the fifth set. He lost to Wayne Ferreira in the quarterfinals. At Wimbledon, McEnroe reached the semifinals where he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion Andre Agassi. McEnroe teamed with Michael Stich to win his fifth Wimbledon men's doubles title in a record-length 5 hour 1 minute final, which the pair won 5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 19-17. At the end of the year, he teamed with Sampras to win the doubles rubber in the Davis Cup final, where the U.S. defeated Switzerland 3–1.

McEnroe retired from the professional tour at the end of 1992. He ended his singles career ranked 20th in the world.

After retirement from the tour

McEnroe separated from Tatum O'Neal in 1992 and they divorced in 1994. While he was originally awarded full custody of their children, they now have joint custody. He married musician Patty Smyth in April 1997, with whom he has two daughters, Anna, 13 and Ava, 10, and one stepdaughter, Ruby 23, (from Smyth's previous marriage to rock star Richard Hell).

McEnroe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999. He now works as a sports commentator in tennis and has regularly appeared in US nationally telecast Grand Slam tennis matches for many years, as has his brother Patrick McEnroe.

John McEnroe, Madrid Masters Senior 2007

McEnroe became the U.S. Davis Cup captain in September 1999. His team barely escaped defeat in their first two outings in 2000, beating Zimbabwe and the Czech Republic in tight 3–2 encounters. They were then defeated 5–0 by Spain in the semifinals. McEnroe resigned in November 2000 after 14 months as captain, citing frustration with the Davis Cup schedule and format as two of his primary reasons. His brother Patrick McEnroe took over the job.

Never at a loss for words, in 2002 McEnroe wrote a book (along with co-author James Kaplan) entitled You Cannot Be Serious, an autobiographical account of his life during and after tennis. It was published as Serious: The Autobiography in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In the book, McEnroe shared many stories about the realities of the tennis tour, the role of corporations in professional tennis, and his off-court, drug-induced escapades.

In July 2004, McEnroe began a CNBC talk show entitled McEnroe. The show, however, was unsuccessful, twice earning a 0.0 Nielsen rating, and was cancelled within five months. He also hosted The Chair quiz show in both the U.K. and the U.S., but this venture also was unsuccessful. In 2002, McEnroe played himself in Mr. Deeds. McEnroe played himself in the 2004 movie Wimbledon.

McEnroe is active in philanthropy and tennis development. He owns an art gallery in Manhattan.

McEnroe plays on two senior tours, the Merrill Lynch Tour of Champions and the Outback Champions Series. He is a TV commentator at major tournaments. Many players and tennis experts agree that McEnroe's level of play is still high enough for him to compete on the professional level. In charity events and World Team Tennis, he has beaten many top players, including Mardy Fish and Mark Philippoussis. He defeated Andy Roddick in a doubles charity match, and was even able to volley back some of Roddick's powerful shots.

In 2007, McEnroe appeared on the NBC comedy 30 Rock as the host of a game show called "Gold Case" in which he uttered his famous line "You cannot be serious!" when a taping went awry. McEnroe also appeared on the HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm.

John McEnroe, Champions Cup Boston 2007

Return to the tour

McEnroe returned to the ATP Tour in 2006 to play two doubles tournaments.

In his first tournament, he teamed with Jonas Björkman to win the title at the SAP Open in San Jose, which was McEnroe's first title since capturing the Paris Indoor doubles title in November 1992 with his brother Patrick. At age 47 years and 3 days, he was the oldest player to win a top-level title, either in singles or doubles, in thirty years. The win meant that McEnroe had won doubles titles in four different decades and is tied with Tom Okker for the second highest number (70) of doubles titles in history (trailing Todd Woodbridge).

In his second tournament, McEnroe and Björkman lost in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Stockholm.

Career statistics

Overview

McEnroe playing World Team Tennis in 2007.

McEnroe won a total of 155 top-level titles (a record for a male professional) during his career — 84 in singles (including 77 listed on the website maintained by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)), 70 in men's doubles, and 1 in mixed doubles. His career singles match record was 864-194 (81.66%). He won seven Grand Slam singles titles and the season-ending Masters championships three times (1978, 1983, and 1984). He won the World Championship Tennis (WCT) Finals, the championship tournament of the WCT tour, a record five times (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, and 1989).

According to the ATP website, McEnroe had the edge in career matches on Jimmy Connors (20-14), Stefan Edberg (7–6), Mats Wilander (7–6), Michael Chang (4–1), Ilie Năstase (4–2), and Pat Cash (3–1). McEnroe was even with Björn Borg (7–7), Andre Agassi (2–2), and Michael Stich (1–1). He trailed against Pete Sampras (0–3), Goran Ivanišević (2–4), Boris Becker (2–8), Guillermo Vilas (5–6), Jim Courier (1–2), and Ivan Lendl (15-21). McEnroe won 12 of the last 14 matches with Connors, beginning with the 1983 Cincinnati tournament. Edberg won the last 5 matches with McEnroe, beginning with the 1989 tournament in Tokyo. McEnroe won 4 of the last 5 matches with Vilas, beginning with the 1981 tournament in Boca Raton, Florida. And Lendl won 11 of the last 12 matches with McEnroe, beginning with the 1985 US Open.

McEnroe, however, played in numerous events, including invitational tournaments, that are not covered by the ATP website. McEnroe won eight of those events and had wins and losses against the players listed in the preceding paragraph that are not reflected on the ATP website.

Grand Slam finals (24)

Singles (11)

Wins (7)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1979	US Open	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1980	US Open (2nd)	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–1, 6–7, 5–7, 6–4
1981	Wimbledon	Björn Borg	4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4
1981	US Open (3rd)	Björn Borg	4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1983	Wimbledon (2nd)	Chris Lewis	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1984	Wimbledon (3rd)	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1984	US Open (4th)	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–4, 6–1

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1980	Wimbledon	Björn Borg	1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6
1982	Wimbledon (2nd)	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1984	French Open	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5
1985	US Open	Ivan Lendl	7–6, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles (12)

Wins (9)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1979	Wimbledon	Peter Fleming	Brian Gottfried Raul Ramírez	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1979	US Open	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–4
1981	Wimbledon (2nd)	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1981	US Open (2nd)	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	N/A
1983	Wimbledon (3rd)	Peter Fleming	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1983	US Open (3rd)	Peter Fleming	Fritz Buehning Van Winitsky	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1984	Wimbledon (4th)	Peter Fleming	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1989	US Open (4th)	Mark Woodforde	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1992	Wimbledon (5th)	Michael Stich	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 19-17

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1978	Wimbledon	Peter Fleming	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1980	US Open	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1982	Wimbledon (2nd)	Peter Fleming	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles (1)

Win (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1977	French Open	Mary Carillo	Florenta Mihai Iván Molina	7–6, 6–3

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	QF	NH	A	A	QF	4R	A	QF	0 / 5	18-5
French Open	2R	A	A	3R	QF	A	QF	F	SF	A	1R	4R	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 10	25-10
Wimbledon	SF	1R	4R	F	W	F	W	W	QF	A	A	2R	SF	1R	4R	SF	3 / 14	58-11
US Open	4R	SF	W	W	W	SF	4R	W	F	1R	QF	2R	2R	SF	3R	4R	4 / 16	66-12
Year End Ranking	21	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	14	10	11	4	13	28	20	N/A	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	9–3	5–2	9–1	15-2	18-1	11-2	18-3	20-1	18-4	0–1	4–2	5–3	10-3	8–3	5–3	12-4	N/A	167-38

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Grand Slam doubles tournament timeline

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	NH	A	A	SF	A	A	A
French Open	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	F	W	SF	W	F	W	W	SF	A	A	A	3R	A	2R	W
US Open	1R	2R	1R	2R	QF	W	F	W	QF	W	SF	A	A	A	A	W	1R	3R	SF

A = did not participate in the tournament
NH = tournament not held

Career finals

Singles

Wins (77)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	Hartford, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	6–2, 6–4
2.	1978	San Francisco (1)	Carpet	Dick Stockton	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
3.	1978	Stockholm (1)	Hard (I)	Tim Gullikson	6–2, 6–2
4.	1978	Wembley, United Kingdom (1)	Carpet	Tim Gullikson	6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2
5.	1978	Masters, New York City (1)	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
6.	1979	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
7.	1979	Milan, Italy (1)	Carpet	John Alexander	6–4, 6–3
8.	1979	San José, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	7–6, 7–6
9.	1979	Dallas WCT, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Björn Borg	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
10.	1979	London/Queen's Club (1)	Grass	Victor Pecci Sr.	6–7, 6–1, 6–1
11.	1979	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	John Lloyd	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
12.	1979	US Open, New York City (1)	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
13.	1979	San Francisco (2)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
14.	1979	Stockholm (2)	Hard	Gene Mayer	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
15.	1979	Wembley, United Kingdom (2)	Carpet	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
16.	1980	Richmond WCT, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–1, 6–2
17.	1980	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 7–6
18.	1980	Milan, Italy (2)	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–4
19.	1980	London/Queen's Club (2)	Grass	Kim Warwick	6–3, 6–1
20.	1980	US Open, New York City (2)	Hard	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–1, 6–7, 5–7, 6–4
21.	1980	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4
22.	1980	Sydney Indoor (1)	Hard (I)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–4
23.	1980	Wembley, United Kingdom (3)	Carpet	Gene Mayer	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
24.	1980	Montreal, Canada - WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet	Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
25.	1981	Boca Raton, U.S. - Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
26.	1981	Milan, Italy (3)	Carpet	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–4
27.	1981	Frankfurt	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–3
28.	1981	Los Angeles (1)	Hard	Sandy Mayer	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
29.	1981	Dallas - WCT Finals, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Johan Kriek	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
30.	1981	London/Queen's Club (3)	Grass	Brian Gottfried	7–6, 7–5
31.	1981	Wimbledon, London (1)	Grass	Björn Borg	4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4
32.	1981	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Chris Lewis	6–3, 6–4
33.	1981	US Open, New York City (3)	Hard	Björn Borg	4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
34.	1981	Sydney Indoor (2)	Hard (I)	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 7–5, 6–2
35.	1982	Philadelphia, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
36.	1982	San Francisco (3)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–3
37.	1982	Sydney Indoor (3)	Hard (I)	Gene Mayer	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
38.	1982	Tokyo Indoor	Carpet	Peter McNamara	7–6, 7–5
39.	1982	Wembley, United Kingdom (4)	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
40.	1983	Philadelphia, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–3
41.	1983	Dallas - WCT Finals, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6
42.	1983	Forest Hills WCT, U.S. (1)	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 7–5
43.	1983	Wimbledon, London (2)	Grass	Chris Lewis	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
44.	1983	Sydney Indoor (4)	Hard (I)	Henri Leconte	6–1, 6–4, 7–5
45.	1983	Wembley, United Kingdom (5)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
46.	1983	Masters, New York City (2)	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
47.	1984	Philadelphia, U.S. (3)	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6
48.	1984	Richmond WCT, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Steve Denton	6–3, 7–6
49.	1984	Madrid	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	6–0, 6–4
50.	1984	Brussels	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
51.	1984	Dallas - WCT Finals, U.S. (3)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
52.	1984	Forest Hills WCT, U.S. (2)	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2
53.	1984	London/Queen's Club (4)	Grass	Leif Shiras	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
54.	1984	Wimbledon, London (3)	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
55.	1984	Toronto (1)	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–0, 6–3
56.	1984	US Open, New York City (4)	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
57.	1984	San Francisco (4)	Carpet	Brad Gilbert	6–4, 6–4
58.	1984	Stockholm (3)	Hard (I)	Mats Wilander	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
59.	1984	Masters, New York City (3)	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	7–5, 6–0, 6–4
60.	1985	Philadelphia, U.S. (4)	Carpet	Miloslav Mečíř	6–3, 7–6, 6–1
61.	1985	Houston, U.S.	Carpet	Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–1, 7–6
62.	1985	Milan, Italy (4)	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–1
63.	1985	Chicago (1)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	W/O
64.	1985	Atlanta, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Paul Annacone	7–6, 7–6, 6–2
65.	1985	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Ivan Lendl	7–6, 6–2
66.	1985	Montreal (2)	Hard	Ivan Lendl	7–5, 6–3
67.	1985	Stockholm (4)	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	6–1, 6–2
68.	1986	Los Angeles (2)	Hard	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–3
69.	1986	San Francisco (5)	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 6–3
70.	1986	Scottsdale, U.S. (2)	Hard	Kevin Curren	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
71.	1988	Tokyo Outdoor	Hard	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–2
72.	1988	Detroit, U.S.	Carpet	Aaron Krickstein	7–5, 6–2
73.	1989	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 7–6
74.	1989	Dallas WCT, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Brad Gilbert	6–3, 6–3, 7–6
75.	1989	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Jay Berger	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
76.	1990	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (I)	Goran Ivanišević	6–7, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
77.	1991	Chicago (2)	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	3–6, 6–2, 6–4

Runner-ups (32)

* - not listed on the website of the Association of Tennis Professionals

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	London/Queen's Club	Grass	Tony Roche	8–6, 9–7
2.	1978	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
3.	1979	Rotterdam	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2
4.	1979	Toronto	Hard	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–3
5.	1979	Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	6–4, 6–4
6.	1980	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
7.	1980	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–2
8.	1980	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
9.	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6
10.	1980	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 6–2
11.	1980	Stockholm	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–4
12.	1981	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
13.	1982	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	6–3, 3–6 6–4
14.	1982	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
15.	1982	London/Queen's Club	Grass	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 6–3
16.	1982	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
17.	1982	Masters, New York City	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
18.	1983	London/Queen's Club	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
19.	1983	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–4
20.	1983	San Francisco	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
21.	1984	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5
22.	1985	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–3
23.	1985	US Open, New York City	Hard	Ivan Lendl	7–6, 6–3, 6–4
24.	1987	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
25.	1987	Rotterdam	Carpet	Stefan Edberg	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
26.	1987	Brussels	Carpet	Mats Wilander	6–3, 6–4
27.	1987	Dallas - WCT Finals, U.S.	Carpet	Miloslav Mečíř	6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
28.	1987	*Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–7, 4–1 div'd - match cancelled (rain)
29.	1988	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	6–4, 6–2
30.	1989	Montreal	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
31.	1989	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
32.	1991	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jakob Hlasek	7–6, 6–0, 6–3

Other singles titles - Draw at least 8 players (11)

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Prize Money	Final Opponent	Final Result
1980	May 14-18	Kobe - Gunze Invitational	Carpet		Victor Amaya	6–2 6–3
1981	Jan 7-12	Rosemont - Challenge of Champions	Carpet	$310,000	Jimmy Connors	6–2 6–4 6–1
1981	Aug 3–9	Fréjus - Round Robin Invitational	Hard		Thierry Tulasne	6–2 6–3 2–6 6–4
1982	May 31-June 5	Manchester, United Kingdom - GMC Mobens Kitchens	Grass		Russell Simpson	6–3 6–7 10-8
1983	Nov 15-20	Antwerp - European Champions' Championship	Carpet	$750,000	Gene Mayer	6–4 6–3 6–4
1985	Jan 1–6	Las Vegas - AT&T Challenge of Champions	Carpet	$1,000,000	Guillermo Vilas	7–5 6–0
1986	Nov 5-10	Antwerp - European Community Championship	Carpet	$940,000	Miloslav Mecir	6–3 1–6 7–6 5–7 6–2
1987	Oct 6-11	Atlanta - AT&T Challenge of Champions	Carpet	$500,000	Paul Annacone	6–4 7–5
1988	Nov 1–6	Antwerp - European Community Championship	Carpet	$940,000	Andrei Chesnokov	6–1 7–5 6–2
1989	June 5-11	Beckenham	Grass		Broderick Dyke	6–4 7–6
1989	June 12-18	Edinburgh	Grass		Jimmy Connors	7–6 7–6

Other singles titles - draw less than 8 players (9)

Here are McEnroe's tournament titles that are not included in the statistics on the Association of Tennis Professionals website. The website has some omissions for tournaments held since 1968.

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Prize Money	Final Opponent	Final Result	Winners Prize
1979	July 22-27	Fréjus - Round Robin Invitational	Hard		Jimmy Connors	6–4 6–3
1979	October 11-14	Perth - Super Challenge Tennis Tournament			Guillermo Vilas	6–2 6–4

1980: Brussels (4-men invitational)
1981: Rome (4-men invitational)
1982: Perth (invitational tournament)
1984: Sydney Challenge, Osaka
1985: Inglewood (4-men invitational)
1988: Inglewood (4-men invitational)

Sources for this section

Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946-2003, Paris, 2003. Sutter has attempted to list all tournaments meeting his criteria for selection beginning with 1946 and ending in the fall of 1991. For each tournament, he has indicated the city, the date of the final, the winner, the runner-up, and the score of the final. A tournament is included in his list if: (1) the draw for the tournament included at least eight players (with a few exceptions, such as the Pepsi Grand Slam tournaments in the second half of the 1970s); and (2) the level of the tournaments was at least equal to the present day challenger tournaments. Sutter's book is probably the most exhaustive source of tennis tournament information since World War II, even though some professional tournaments held before the start of the open era are missing. Later, Sutter issued a second edition of his book, with only the players, their wins, and years for the 1946 through April 27, 2003, period.

John Barrett, editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London, from 1976 through 1993.

Doubles (92)

Wins (71)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. (1)	Clay	Peter Fleming	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–3
2.	1978	Hartford, U.S.	Carpet	Bill Maze	Mark Edmondson Van Winitsky	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
3.	1978	San Francisco, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
4.	1978	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison	7–6, 7–5
5.	1978	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Peter Fleming	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–2
6.	1978	Bologna, Italy (1)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Jean-Louis Haillet Antonio Zugarelli	6–1, 6–4
7.	1979	World Doubles WCT, London (1)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Ilie Năstase Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
8.	1979	Richmond WCT, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–3
9.	1979	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–1, 6–3
10.	1979	Milan, Italy (1)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	José Luis Clerc Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 6–3
11.	1979	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Bernard Mitton	6–4, 6–4
12.	1979	San Jose, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
13.	1979	Wimbledon, London (1)	Grass	Peter Fleming	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
14.	1979	Forest Hills WCT, U.S. (1)	Clay	Peter Fleming	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
15.	1979	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. (2)	Clay	Peter Fleming	Fritz Buehning Bruce Nichols	6–1, 6–3
16.	1979	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 7–6
17.	1979	Toronto, Canada (1)	Hard	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	6–7, 7–6, 6–1
18.	1979	US Open, New York City (1)	Hard	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–4
19.	1979	San Francisco, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Wojtek Fibak Frew McMillan	6–1, 6–4
20.	1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Peter Fleming	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–4, 6–4
21.	1979	Wembley, United Kingdom (1)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Tomáš Šmíd Stan Smith	6–2, 6–3
22.	1979	Bologna, Italy (2)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–1, 6–1
23.	1980	Philadelphia, U.S. (1)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
24.	1980	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Rod Frawley Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
25.	1980	Milan, Italy (2)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	6–2, 6–7, 6–2
26.	1980	Forest Hills WCT, U.S. (2)	Clay	Peter Fleming	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
27.	1980	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. (3)	Clay	Bill Maze	Fritz Buehning Van Winitsky	7–6, 6–4
28.	1980	San Francisco, U.S. (3)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–1, 6–4
29.	1980	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
30.	1980	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Matt Mitchell	Phil Dent Rod Frawley	8–6
31.	1980	Sydney Indoor, Australia (1)	Hard (i)	Peter Fleming	Tim Gullikson Johan Kriek	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
32.	1980	Wembley, United Kingdom (2)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Bill Scanlon Eliot Teltscher	7–5, 6–3
33.	1981	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Tracy Delatte Trey Waltke	6–3, 7–6
34.	1981	Forest Hills WCT, U.S. (3)	Clay	Peter Fleming	John Fitzgerald Andy Kohlberg	6–4, 6–4
35.	1981	Wimbledon, London (2)	Grass	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
36.	1981	Cincinnati, U.S. (1)	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–3
37.	1981	US Open, New York City (2)	Hard	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara	DEF
38.	1981	San Francisco, U.S. (4)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–4
39.	1981	Sydney Indoor, Australia (2)	Hard (i)	Peter Fleming	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 7–6, 6–1
40.	1982	Philadelphia, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–4
41.	1982	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	Peter Rennert	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	7–6, 7–5
42.	1982	Cincinnati, U.S. (2)	Hard	Peter Fleming	Steve Denton Mark Edmondson	6–2, 6–3
43.	1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia (3)	Hard (i)	Peter Rennert	Steve Denton Mark Edmondson	6–3, 7–6
44.	1982	Wembley, United Kingdom (3)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–4
45.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S. (1)	Hard	Peter Fleming	Sandy Mayer Ferdi Taygan	6–1, 6–2
46.	1983	Wimbledon, London (3)	Grass	Peter Fleming	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
47.	1983	US Open, New York City (3)	Hard	Peter Fleming	Fritz Buehning Van Winitsky	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
48.	1983	San Francisco, U.S. (5)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Ivan Lendl Vincent Van Patten	6–1, 6–2
49.	1983	Wembley, United Kingdom (4)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–4
50.	1984	Philadelphia, U.S. (3)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–3
51.	1984	Richmond WCT, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 6–2
52.	1984	Madrid, Spain	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–3, 6–3
53.	1984	Wimbledon, London (4)	Grass	Peter Fleming	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
54.	1984	Toronto, Canada (2)	Hard	Peter Fleming	John Fitzgerald Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–2
55.	1984	San Francisco, U.S. (6)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Mike De Palmer Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–3, 6–4
56.	1984	Masters, New York City (2)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–2
57.	1985	Houston, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Hank Pfister Ben Testerman	6–3, 6–2
58.	1985	Dallas, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–1
59.	1986	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
60.	1986	San Francisco, U.S. (7)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 7–6
61.	1986	Paris Indoor, France (1)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6–3, 6–2
62.	1986	Wembley, United Kingdom (5)	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
63.	1988	Los Angeles, U.S. (2)	Hard	Mark Woodforde	Peter Doohan Jim Grabb	6–4, 6–4
64.	1988	San Francisco, U.S. (8)	Carpet	Mark Woodforde	Scott Davis Tim Pawsat	6–4, 7–6
65.	1989	Milan, Italy (3)	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
66.	1989	US Open, New York City (4)	Hard	Mark Woodforde	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
67.	1989	Wembley, United Kingdom (6)	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	6–1, 7–6
68.	1992	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Boris Becker	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–2
69.	1992	Wimbledon, London (5)	Grass	Michael Stich	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 19–17
70.	1992	Paris Indoor, France (2)	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6–4, 6–2
71.	2006	San Jose, U.S. (9)	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	7–6, 4–6, [10-7]

Runner-ups (22)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
2.	1978	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Peter Fleming	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
3.	1978	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	7–6, 7–6
4.	1979	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
5.	1980	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
6.	1980	US Open, New York City	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
7.	1981	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Peter Rennert	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–3
8.	1981	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	Brian Teacher Butch Walts	7–5, 6–7, 7–5
9.	1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Tom Gullikson Butch Walts	6–4, 6–4
10.	1981	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Peter Fleming	Raúl Ramírez Ferdi Taygan	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
11.	1981	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
12.	1982	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 4–6, 6–2
13.	1982	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Peter Fleming	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara	6–3, 6–2
14.	1982	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Peter Fleming	Steve Denton Mark Edmondson	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
15.	1982	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Peter Rennert	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
16.	1983	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–4, 7–6
17.	1983	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Peter Rennert	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–4
18.	1986	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 7–5, 7–6
19.	1989	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Eric Jelen Michael Mortensen	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
20.	1991	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Petr Korda	Jakob Hlasek Patrick McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
21.	1992	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Michael Stich	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
22.	1992	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Andre Agassi	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6–4, 6–4

Senior tour titles

2008: Champions Cup Boston - defeated Aaron Krickstein 5-7, 6-3, 10-5 (tiebreaker)

Pop-culture appearances

McEnroe's fiery temper has got him featured in fields other than tennis on more than one occasion. In 1982, on the tail of his final victory against Borg, British impressionist Roger Kitter made a record called Chalk Dust: The Umpire Strikes Back in which he played a parody of McEnroe losing his temper with an umpire during a match. The record was made under the nomenclature "The Brat" and reached the UK Top 20; by this time the British tabloids had dubbed him "SuperBrat".

He is also imitated and referenced on Dionysos' album Western sous la neige which features multiple tracks that talk about writing in the blood of bad referees.

His random bursts of rage were parodied in the satirical British programme 'Spitting Image', where he and wife Tatum frequently screamed and threw things at each other. He was also lampooned in the Australian The Paul Hogan Show, in which Paul Hogan played "John MacEnhoax" who used a handshake to fling his opponent, destroying a tennis court.

At the height of his career, NBC-TV's tennis coverage included a piece with clips of his many on-court tantrums, underscored by the Men at Work hit song, Be Good Johnny.

McEnroe has also been given roles in TV and film where he playfully acknowledges his well-known belligerence such as in his appearance in a 2005 car commercial for the SEAT Altea where he angrily shouts his trademark "Clearly inside the line" line at an officer who has ticketed him for parking incorrectly. He also portrays himself in the 2002 film Mr. Deeds where he lauds the title character for getting angry and assaulting an antagonist, and has a scene in the film Anger Management starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler, most of which was cut—leaving only a short shot of him sleeping on the floor of the psychiatrist's office. The full scene is in the DVD special features.

In the Not the Nine O'Clock News, McEnroe is parodied by Griff Rhys Jones with considerable emphasis being placed on his lack of patience, his temper tantrums and his inability to understand that he does anything wrong or any decision that is not in his favour.

McEnroe also has appeared in Nike's 2006 Pretty tennis commercial with his brother Patrick and tennis star Maria Sharapova. He appeared in another commercial where he taught Pete Sampras how to throw temper tantrums on the court.

McEnroe appeared on the December 16, 2006, episode of the UK talk show Parkinson.

McEnroe, alongside his brother Patrick, co-hosted the WFAN Morning Show (formerly Imus in the Morning) on May 8 and 9, 2007.

On May 10, 2007, McEnroe appeared as a murder suspect on an episode of the American CBS television show CSI: NY, uttering a variation of his famous "You cannot be serious!" line.^[6]

According to the DVD movie interview, Tom Hulce studied McEnroe's mood swings for his portrayal of Mozart's unpredictable genius in Amadeus. Also, Ian McKellen once took some lessons from his behaviour on court for his interpretation of the megalomaniacal Coriolanus at Stratford.

McEnroe was partially the inspiration for Freddie, the volatile, unpredictable American chess player in the musical Chess by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulveaus, and Tim Rice.

He appeared on a British advertisement for Tesco, along with Björn Borg, his famous rival, where they compete to collect supermarket items, and Borg eventually finishes with a plate, a play on the trophy of Wimbledon.

In 2007 McEnroe appeared in a television advertisement for Mars Incorporated, advertising Mars Bars.

Also in 2007 McEnroe appeared in an Australian television commercial for Telstra's NextG network in which he becomes angered over his phone not working in an elevator and throws it to the floor, breaking it. He is then mistaken for Australian tennis player Pat Cash.

McEnroe appeared as himself in Curb your Enthusiasm Season 6 Episode 5 in which Larry adopts the role of his limo driver for the day.

McEnroe appears as himself in You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

McEnroe is mentioned in the House of Pain song Jump Around.

Punk band End of a Year reference his famous temper in the song "McEnroe".

McEnroe is also an avid supporter of the New York Mets baseball team.

McEnroe appeared in a Kellogs cereal commercial in 2008.

McEnroe appeared in a National Car Rental commercial during Fall of 2008.

McEnroe appeared in the episodes "The Head and the Hair" and "Gavin Volure" of 30 Rock.

References

Notes

↑ "McEnroe hasn't lost his touch or tongue". The Hindu. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
↑ John McEnroe Biography (1959-)
↑ BBC NEWS | Programmes | Breakfast with Frost | Interview with John McEnroe, former tennis champion
↑ ESPN Classic - McEnroe was McNasty on and off the court
↑ "Nike upgrades McEnroe's prize tennis shoes". mensvogue.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
↑ Episode "Comes Around" - Season 3, Episode 23

Video

The Wimbledon Collection - Legends of Wimbledon - John McEnroe Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004, Run Time: 52 minutes, ASIN: B0002HOD9U
The Wimbledon Collection - The Classic Match - Borg vs. McEnroe 1981 Final Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004, Run Time: 210 minutes, ASIN: B0002HODAE
The Wimbledon Collection - The Classic Match - Borg vs. McEnroe 1980 Final Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004, Run Time: 240 minutes; ASIN: B0002HOEK8
Charlie Rose with John McEnroe (February 4, 1999) Charlie Rose, DVD Release Date: September 18, 2006, ASIN: B000IU3342

Sporting positions
Preceded by Björn Borg Björn Borg Björn Borg Björn Borg Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl	World No. 1 March 3, 1980 - March 23, 1980 August 11, 1980 - August 17, 1980 July 6, 1981 - July 19, 1981 August 3, 1981 - September 12, 1982 November 1, 1982 - November 7, 1982 November 15, 1982 - January 30, 1983 February 7, 1983 - February 13, 1983 June 6, 1983 - June 12, 1983 July 4, 1983 - October 30, 1983 December 12, 1983 - January 8, 1984 March 12, 1984 - June 10, 1984 June 18, 1984 - July 8, 1984 August 13, 1984 - August 18, 1985 August 26, 1985 - September 8, 1985	Succeeded by Björn Borg Björn Borg Björn Borg Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl
Preceded by Björn Borg	ITF World Champion 1981	Succeeded by Jimmy Connors
Preceded by Jimmy Connors	ITF World Champion 1983-1984	Succeeded by Ivan Lendl
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Brian Gottfried	ATP Most Improved Player 1978	Succeeded by Victor Pecci
Preceded by U.S. Olympic hockey team	Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 1981	Succeeded by Wayne Gretzky
Preceded by Alan Hansen	RTS Television Sport Awards Best Sports Pundit 2001	Succeeded by Simon Hughes

World No. 1s in Men's tennis

Ilie Năstase \| John Newcombe \| Jimmy Connors \| Björn Borg \| John McEnroe \| Ivan Lendl \| Mats Wilander \| Stefan Edberg \| Boris Becker \| Jim Courier \| Pete Sampras \| Andre Agassi \| Thomas Muster \| Marcelo Ríos \| Carlos Moyà \| Yevgeny Kafelnikov \| Patrick Rafter \| Marat Safin \| Gustavo Kuerten \| Lleyton Hewitt \| Juan Carlos Ferrero \| Andy Roddick \| Roger Federer \| Rafael Nadal

Wimbledon (Open era) men's singles champions

(1968–69) Rod Laver · (1970–71) John Newcombe · (1972) Stan Smith · (1973) Jan Kodeš · (1974) Jimmy Connors · (1975) Arthur Ashe · (1976–80) Björn Borg · (1981) John McEnroe
(1982) Jimmy Connors · (1983–84) John McEnroe · (1985–86) Boris Becker · (1987) Pat Cash · (1988) Stefan Edberg · (1989) Boris Becker · (1990) Stefan Edberg (1991) Michael Stich
(1992) Andre Agassi · (1993–95) Pete Sampras · (1996) Richard Krajicek · (1997–00) Pete Sampras · (2001) Goran Ivanišević · (2002) Lleyton Hewitt · (2003–07) Roger Federer · (2008) Rafael Nadal

US Open men's singles champions

(1968) Arthur Ashe · (1969) Rod Laver · (1970) Ken Rosewall · (1971) Stan Smith · (1972) Ilie Năstase · (1973) John Newcombe · (1974) Jimmy Connors · (1975) Manuel Orantes
(1976) Jimmy Connors · (1977) Guillermo Vilas · (1978) Jimmy Connors · (1979–81) John McEnroe · (1982–83) Jimmy Connors · (1984) John McEnroe · (1985–87) Ivan Lendl · (1988) Mats Wilander
(1989) Boris Becker · (1990) Pete Sampras · (1991–92) Stefan Edberg · (1993) Pete Sampras · (1994) Andre Agassi · (1995–96) Pete Sampras · (1997–98) Patrick Rafter · (1999) Andre Agassi
(2000) Marat Safin · (2001) Lleyton Hewitt · (2002) Pete Sampras · (2003) Andy Roddick · (2004–08) Roger Federer