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Also known as John Patrick McEnroe, Jr.

American former tennis player (born 1959)

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John McEnroe is an American tennis player and journalist who was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, on February 16, 1959. He is a left-handed athlete who stands 180 centimeters tall and weighs 75 kilograms. McEnroe attended Stanford University and has resided in New York City. His professional tennis career included membership on the United States Davis Cup team. He has been married to Tatum O'Neal and Patty Smyth, and his sibling is Patrick McEnroe.

McEnroe holds a singles record of 881–198 and a doubles record of 543–103. He has received the International Tennis Hall of Fame award and was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year. In addition to his sports career, he has worked as an employee for the BBC.

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Wiesbaden, Germany

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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  • The Dink2026
  • The Match That Changed Tennis — Self2026
  • Rafa — Self2026
  • How to Live2025
  • The Trainer — John McEnroe2024
  • Nasty — Self - Winner of 7 Grand Slam Singles Titles2024
  • Federer: Twelve Final Days — Self2024
  • Dreambreaker: A Pickleball Story — Self2024
  • Roland Garros - 40 ans d'exploits — Self2024
  • Game 7 — Self2024

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Sport
Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
United States

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Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Wiesbaden
Occupation
journalist
Employer
BBC
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
tennis
Sport
tennis
Country for sport
United States
Mass
75
Image
John McEnroe at the 2009 US Open 01a (cropped).jpg
Height
180
Residence
New York City
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John McEnroe
date of birth
1959-02-16
handedness
left-handedness
singles record
881–198
doubles record
543–103
playing hand
left-handedness
prize money
12552132
end of work period
1994-00-00
start of work period
1978-00-00
name in native language
John McEnroe
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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.

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