John Mcenroe Mats Wilander Davis Cup

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John mcenroe mats wilander davis cup.

On july 11 1982 espn viewers saw john mcenroe outlast mats wilander in an historic davis cup quarterfinal clinching victory. This feature is not available right now. In the weekend tie as the best of five matchups are called in davis cup parlance the u s. Davis cup records including years played 12 ties 30 singles wins 41 and total wins in singles and doubles 59.

At 6 hours and 32 minutes it remains the longest match in davis cup history. Are coming to skåne this summer next to the beautiful svaneholm castle svaneholm open which is part of the atp champions tour will be played with some of the world s best tennis players of all time. Please try again later. Boris becker frg d.

Davis cup teams for the next 14 years and was part of u s. Winning teams in 1978 1979 1981 1982 and 1992. It is officially the longest 6 hours 22 minutes. However wilander s most memorable davis cup match came in defeat.

Mcenroe continued to be a mainstay of u s. John mcenroe usa d. Mats wilander john mcenroe henri leconte goran ivanisevic etc. Sweden s mats wilander finally succumbed to the united states john mcenroe 9 7 6 2.

He set numerous u s. Mats wilander has revealed the depth of the rivalry between usa davis cup team mates john mcenroe and jimmy connors right photo. And sweden were even at 2 2 when mcenroe and wilander who would go on to win seven majors took to. Louis missouri wilander was defeated in the deciding fifth rubber by john mcenroe 9 7 6 2 15 17 3 6 8 6.

In addition the network posted a record with the marathon telecast. Mats wilander swe 97 62 1517 36 86 in the fifth rubber of 1982 world group quarterfinals at st. In a july 1982 quarterfinal tie against the united states on carpet in st. Getty images by simon briggs 3 51pm gmt 18 nov 2014.