John McEnroe

Also known as John Patrick McEnroe, Jr.

American former tennis player (born 1959)

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John McEnroe is an American former tennis player born in 1959 who became one of the sport's most dominant competitors and memorable personalities. He matters because of his significant achievements in professional tennis and his lasting cultural impact on the sport and popular culture.

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John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is a German-born American former professional tennis player and tennis television commentator. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 170 weeks, and as world No. 1 in men's doubles for 269 weeks (third-most of all time). He is one of two male players (alongside Stefan Edberg) to have…

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Dreambreaker: A Pickleball Story — Self2024
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Active from: 1974

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Total plays: 790

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Quotes

“You are the pits of the world! Vultures! Trash!”
“I’ll let the racket do the talking.”
“This taught me a lesson, but I’m not sure what it is.”
“If, in a few months, I’m only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I’ll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.”

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Sport: Tennis
Team: _Retired Tennis
Position: Tennis Player
Nationality: United States

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Mass: 75
Image: John McEnroe at the 2009 US Open 01a (cropped).jpg
Height: 180

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Commons category: John McEnroe
date of birth: 1959-02-16
singles record: 881–198
doubles record: 543–103
prize money: 12552132
end of work period: 1994-00-00
start of work period: 1978-00-00
name in native language: John McEnroe
ranking: 1

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John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 170 weeks, and as world No. 1 in men's doubles for 269 weeks (third-most of all time). He is one of two male players (alongside Stefan Edberg) to have held both No. 1 rankings, and the only one to hold both simultaneously. McEnroe was best known during his playing career for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities.

McEnroe won an Open Era record 155 career titles: 77 in singles, 77 in doubles and 1 in mixed doubles. This includes seven singles majors (four at the US Open and three at Wimbledon), nine men's doubles majors, and one mixed doubles major. McEnroe is the only male player to win more than 70 titles in both singles and doubles. His singles match record of 82–3 in 1984 remains the best single-season win rate of the Open Era. McEnroe also excelled at the year-end tournaments, winning eight singles and seven doubles titles, both of which are records. Three of his winning singles year-end championships were at the Masters Grand Prix (the ATP year-end event) and five were at the World Championship Tennis (WCT) Finals, an event that ended in 1989. He was named the ATP Player of the Year and the ITF World Champion three times each: in 1981, 1983 and 1984.