"It was quite surprising to look at my name and below it be like Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors." Chris Evert United States. He led the school's tennis team to the NCAA Championship in 1978. 1954- Laver comments in an interview, Its an honour to be compared to him. McEnroe, making his singles debut in the competition, finishes the first of his five Davis Cup final victories (1978-79, 1981-82 and 1992) having lost only 10 games in six sets, breaking the 12-games record of games lost in a final tie, held by both Bill Tilden and Bjorn Borg. Aged 21 years and 16 days, the American found himself following in the footsteps of four previous World No. John has excelled in the many chapters of his life. Many felt it was one of the best moments in sports history. The match invited comparisons to the earlier Borg-McEnroe rivalries. .is-desktop .atp-logo{ At one point he even "showed up at a captains breakfast in a bathrobe." In one of the most striking tennis scenesand there are manyin the new Showtime sports documentary McEnroe, John McEnroe goes airborne lunging for a ballistic Ivan Lendl passing shot during the 1984 Roland Garros final. .is-mobile .scores-daily-schedule-content td.day-table-seed, .scores-results-content td.day-table-seed { 27 Apr. He had participated in various commercial shows and has signed tons of endorsement deals with sponsors. In 1995 he started as a color commentator for Wimbledon, the French Open and the U.S. Open. ", It was a remarkably quick rise for a player who turned pro in June 1978 at The Queens Club, one year after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals as a No. } How Many Tennis Grand Slams Did John McEnroe Win? - Sportscasting He is an American actor who is best known for his supporting roles in many successful films, like: Andre has received 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning two) and 2 Golden Globe Award nominations. His style brought more people to their television sets to watch tennis, and more often than not, in addition to watching the McEnroe outbursts, they witnessed a McEnroe victory. By the end of the season McEnroe had received the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Newcomer of the Year Award and finished ranked number four in the world. McEnroe, John. . Thats just kind of cool, Mitchell said. Ill give him a 4-0, 30/0 lead. The children of Tatum O'Neal and John McEnroe give an interview on the ups and downs of growing up: people. I put a lot more emphasis on finishing the year as high as possible. New York: Putman Publishers, 2002. salon.com http://www.salon.com (January 14, 2003). John Patrick McEnroe Jr. is an American former professional tennis player, known for his shot-making and volleying skills. A lot of people that I teach today want to imitate John, but there is only one John McEnroe. He beat Dent [in five sets], which included kicking his racquet across the hallowed turf and crying out, 'No way I'm losing to this *** guy," and "Jesus, how much longer before I get a *** call in this *** place.'"