Archive for category: John McEnroe
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McEnroe Wins Denver; Courier Still Leads PowerShares Series
John McEnroe got a step closer to winning the PowerShares Series as he claimed his second title of the season at the Jeep Championships, presented by Cancer Treatment Centers of America at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Appearing with McEnroe at the penultimate stop on the PowerShares Series tour [...] -
Agassi defeats McEnroe to win San Jose PowerShares Series Event
After taking a few weeks off from the PowerShares Series, Andre Agassi returned with a vengeance as he won the BILT by Agassi and Reyes Champions Showdown in San Jose, California. Agassi was joined by Jim Courier, John McEnroe, and Todd Martin as they faced off against each other at [...] -
Courier Wins PowerShares Atlanta Title, Rises To No. 1
Jim Courier and John McEnroe played their second close final in a row in the PowerShares Series with Courier prevailing once again. Courier won the Champions Shootout title in Atlanta, Georgia. The four-man field in Atlanta featured Courier and McEnroe along with Michael Chang and Mats Wilander. Courier took on [...] -
Courier Wins Tampa Powershares Series 2012 Title
Playing in front of a hometown crowd in his native Florida at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Jim Courier came from behind to defeat John McEnroe and win his second PowerShares Series title of the season. The Champions Challenge event was held in Tampa Bay, Florida and featured Courier, McEnroe [...] -
Ivan Lendl vs John McEnroe Head to Head and Rivalry
Ivan Lendl vs John McEnroe Head to Head: 21-15 Of the three key tennis rivalries of the 1980’s men’s game, that between Lendl and McEnroe was probably the most intense and enduring. McEnroe’s rivalry with Borg on court was intense but involved no personal animosity – indeed, they were and [...] -
Rafter Wins Debut PowerShares Series Event in Philadelphia
Australian tennis great Patrick Rafter, a two-time U.S. Open champion, made the most of his debut appearance on the PowerShares Series circuit by taking the title at the Champions Shootout held in Philadelphia. The four player event saw Rafter first defeat Michael Chang 6-2 in their semifinal match earlier in [...] -
PowerShares Series Tennis Tour Info And Results
By combining a unique format and some of the sport’s greatest players ever, the PowerShares Series is a six-week tour across the United States that provides fans a chance to once again see some of their all-time favorites in action. Featuring John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Jim [...] -
John McEnroe vs Jimmy Connors Head to Head and Rivalry
John McEnroe vs Jimmy Connors Head to Head: 20-14 The rivalry between Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe was visceral and passionate. It had none of the mutual respect and admiration of that other great rivalry of the 1980’s, that between Borg and McEnroe. McEnroe’s rivalry with Borg was, in part, [...] -
Borg vs McEnroe Head to Head Record – A Rivalry Of Opposites
John McEnroe vs Bjorn Borg Head to Head record: 7-7 Not just a tennis rivalry, theirs was one of the great sporting rivalries ever. Borg was ‘Ice’ and McEnroe was ‘Fire’, as a subsequent HBO documentary defined the two – a rivalry of opposites. So elemental was their rivalry that [...] -
Great matches of the US Open part three – Borg vs McEnroe
Bjorn Borg vs. John McEnroe (Final, 1980) 7–6(7-4), 6–1, 6–7(5-7), 5–7, 6–4 Over the summer of 1980 tennis regent Bjorn Borg and young pretender John McEnroe engaged each other in a pair of classic grand slam finals. The first, at Wimbledon, is one of the most feted matches of all-time [...] -
United States tennis: Where have the elite men tennis players gone
Over the past few years, the perception is the United States has reached a low point in men’s tennis because its players no longer win, or are even competitive, at the Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open, or Wimbledon (grand slam) championships, and are not relevant at the top of [...] -
John McEnroe: A Positive Image is the Key to Success for Murray
As Andy Murray sees another chance of winning an elusive Grand Slam title go out the window due to his quarter final loss at Roland Garros to David Ferrrer, tennis legend John McEnroe has given him some sagely words of advice. McEnroe believes that if the world number 4 really [...] -
Is Federer – Nadal Rivalry the Best Ever?
Over the last decade, we may well have seen the biggest rivalry ever seen in tennis, that being the one between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Of course there were other great match-ups in the past, like McEnroe – Borg or Sampras – Agassi, but the one between the Swiss [...]
