John McEnroe Biography

Fast Facts

• As an amateur in 1977, won mixed doubles at Wimbledon with Mary Carillo, and made the semifinals in singles
• Won NCAA singles and team titles with Stanford in 1978, the year he also turned pro
• Won first Grand Slam event in 1979 (U
• S
• Open)
• Won 10 singles events and 17 doubles events
• Best year came in 1984, when he went 82-3 in matches, and won 13 singles titles
• In his career, he won titles at four U
• S
• Opens and three Wimbledons, but lost to Bjorn Borg in 1980 in a final many call the best in Wimbledon history
• Won 57 doubles titles with partner Peter Fleming
• With his tennis career winding down, he opened an art gallery in Manhattan and started a rock group, the Johnny Smyth Band, in the 1990s
• Starred in a TV game show (The Chair) and his own talk show (McEnroe)
• His 2002 autobiography, You Cannot Be Serious, was a best-seller
• Continues to play tennis on senior tours