Mats Wilander John Mcenroe

1 tennis player from sweden.

Mats wilander john mcenroe. 00 02 36 11 views 05 07 2020 at 12 09. Mcenroe s opponent was mats wilander. On july 11 1982 espn viewers saw john mcenroe outlast mats wilander in an historic davis cup quarterfinal clinching victory. The swede 24 had already won the australian and french opens in the six months prior to touching down in ireland and was eyeing victory at wimbledon in july to become the first man to win titles on grass hard and clay courts in a calendar year.

In the weekend tie as the best of five matchups are called in davis cup parlance the u s. Atp wta mats wilander head to head tennis search. Mats wilander vs john mcenroe all matches with stats on their h2h rivalry. Eurosport presenter mats wilander looks back on what he believes was the greatest match of all time when bjorn borg faced john mcenroe at wimbledon in 1980.

It is officially the longest 6 hours 22 minutes. From 1982 to 1988 he won seven grand slam singles titles three at the french open three at the australian open and one at the us open and one grand slam men s doubles title at wimbledon his breakthrough came suddenly and unexpectedly even in. Eurosport presenter mats wilander looks back on what he believes was the greatest match of all time when bjorn borg faced john mcenroe at wimbledon in 1980. Born 22 august 1964 is a former world no.

Sweden s mats wilander finally succumbed to the united states john mcenroe 9 7 6 2. And sweden were even at 2 2 when mcenroe and wilander who would go on to win seven majors took to. Mats arne olof wilander swedish pronunciation. Wilander s fellow eurosport analyst john mcenroe suggested he was surprised by nadal s tactics in the final as he suspected the king of clay might shake uphill game to combat the threat of thiem.

It is considered by many to be the greatest davis cup match. This feature is not available right now.