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Early Americans  
1971   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
1943 1952 1959  
       
1992   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  1-3 12-4  
1992 U x x 3-1   Stefan Edberg SWE Pete Sampras USA Jim Courier USA Michael Chang USA
1992 W x 0-1 5-1   Andre Agassi USA Goran Ivanisevic Croatia Pete Sampras USA  
1992 F x 0-1 0-1   Jim Courier USA Petr Korda Czech Andre Agassi USA Henri LaConte France
1992 A x 1-1 4-1   Jim Courier USA Stefan Edberg SWE Wayne Ferreira S Africa Richard Krajicek Holland
1991   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  9-3 5-3  
1991 U x 5-1 2-1   Stefan Edberg SWE Jim Courier USA Ivan Lendl Czech  
1991 W x 2-1 3-1   Michael Stich Germany Boris Becker GER Stefan Edberg SWE David Wheaton USA
1991 F x 2-1 0-0   Jim Courier USA Andre Agassi USA Boris Becker Germany Michael Stich Germany
1991 A x x x   Boris Becker Germany Ivan Lendl Czech Stefan Edberg SWE Patrick McEnroe USA
1990   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
    8-3  
1990 U x x 5-1   Pete Sampras USA Andre Agassi USA Boris Becker Germany  
1990 W x x 0-1   Stefan Edberg SWE Boris Becker GER Goran Ivanisevic Croatia Ivan Lendl Czech
1990 F x x 0-0   Andres Gomez Spain Andre Agassi USA Jonas Svensson Sweden Thomas Muster Austria
1990 A x x 3-1   Ivan Lendl Czech Stefan Edberg SWE Mats Wilander SWE Yannick Noah France
1989   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  6-3 10-3  
1989 U x 4-1 1-1   Boris Becker Germany Ivan Lendl Czech Aaron Krickstein USA Andre Agassi USA
1989 W x 1-1 5-1   Boris Becker GER Stefan Edberg SWE John McEnroe USA Ivan Lendl Czech
1989 F x 1-1 x   Michael Chang USA Stefan Edberg SWE Boris Becker Germany Andre Chesnokov USSR
1989 A x x 4-1   Ivan Lendl Czech Miloslav Mecir Czech Jan Gunnarsson SWE Thomas Muster Austria
1988   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  7-2 5-3  
1988 U x x 1-1   Mats Wilander SWE Ivan Lendl Czech Darren Cahill AUS Andre Agassi USA
1988 W x x 1-1   Stefan Edberg SWE Boris Becker GER Miloslav Mecir Czech Ivan Lendl Czech
1988 F x 3-1 3-1   Mats Wilander SWE Henri LaConte France Jonas Svensson Sweden Andre Agassi USA
1988 A x 4-1 x   Mats Wilander SWE Pat Cash AUS Ivan Lendl Czech  
1987   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  14-3 4-2  
1987 U x 5-1 4-1   Ivan Lendl Czech Mats Wilander SWE Stefan Edberg SWE  
1987 W x 5-1 x   Pat Cash AUS Ivan Lendl Czech Stefan Edberg SWE  
1987 F x 4-1 0-1   Ivan Lendl Czech Mats Wilander SWE Boris Becker Germany Miloslav Mecir Czech
1987 A x x x   Stefan Edberg SWE Pat Cash AUS Ivan Lendl Czech Wally Masur AUS
1986   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  2-2 0-1  
1986 U x 2-1 0-1   Ivan Lendl Czech Miloslav Mecir Czech Stefan Edberg SWE Boris Becker Germany
1986 W x 0-1 x   Boris Becker GER Ivan Lendl Czech Henri LaConte France Slobodan Zivojinovic Serbia
1986 F x x x   Ivan Lendl Czech Michael Pernfors SWE Johan Kriek S Africa Henri LaConte France
1986 A x x x   Vitas Gerulaitis USA John Lloyd GB John Alexander AUS Bob Giltinan AUS
1985   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  15-3 18-4  
1985 U x 5-1 6-1   Ivan Lendl Czech   Mats Wilander SWE  
1985 W x 5-1 4-1   Boris Becker GER Kevin Curren S Africa Anders Jarryd Sweden  
1985 F x 5-1 5-1   Mats Wilander SWE Ivan Lendl Czech    
1985 A x x 3-1   Stefan Edberg SWE Mats Wilander SWE Ivan Lendl Czech Slobodan Zivojinovic Serbia
1984   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  16-3 20-1  
1984 U x 5-1 7-0     Ivan Lendl Czech Pat Cash AUS  
1984 W x 6-1 7-0       Pat Cash AUS Ivan Lendl Czech
1984 F x 5-1 6-1   Ivan Lendl Czech   Mats Wilander SWE  
1984 A x x x   Mats Wilander SWE Kevin Curren S Africa Johan Kriek S Africa Ben Testerman USA
1983   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  14-2 18-3  
1983 U x 7-0 3-1     Ivan Lendl Czech Jimmy Arias USA Bill Scanlon USA
1983 W x 3-1 7-0     Chris Lewis AUS Kevin Curren S Africa Ivan Lendl Czech
1983 F x 4-1 4-1   Yannick Noah France Mats Wilander SWE Jose Higueras Spain Christoph Roger-Vasselin France
1983 A x x 4-1 (Semis)   Mats Wilander SWE Ivan Lendl Czech John McEnroe USA Tim Mayotte USA
1982   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  18-1 11-2  
1982 U x 7-0 5-1     Ivan Lendl Czech Guillermo Vilas Argentina  
1982 W x 7-0 6-1       Mark Edmondson AUS Tim Mayotte USA
1982 F x 4-1 x   Mats Wilander SWE Guillermo Vilas Argentina Jose Higueras Spain Jose Luis Clerc Argentina
1982 A x x x   Johan Kriek S Africa Steve Denton USA Paul McNamee AUS Hank Pfister USA
1981   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  14-3 18-1  
1981 U x 5-1 7-0   John McEnroe USA Bjorn Borg SWE Vitas Gerulaitis USA  
1981 W x 5-1 7-0   John McEnroe USA Bjorn Borg SWE Rod Frawley AUS  
1981 F x 4-1 4-1   Bjorn Borg SWE Ivan Lendl Czech Victor Pecci Paraguay Jose Luis Clerc Argentina
1981 A x x x   Johan Kriek S Africa Steve Denton USA Mark Edmondson AUS Hank Pfister USA
1980   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
  15-3 15-2  
1980 U x 5-1 7-0     Bjorn Borg SWE Johan Kriek S Africa  
1980 W x 5-1 6-1   Bjorn Borg SWE   Brian Gottfried USA  
1980 F x 5-1 2-1   Bjorn Borg SWE Vitas Gerulaitis USA Harold Solomon USA  
1980 A x x x   Brian Teacher USA Kim Warwick AUS Guillermo Vilas ARG Peter McNamara AUS
1979   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
2-2 15-3 10-1  
1979 U x 5-1 7-0     Vitas Gerulaitis USA Roscoe Tanner USA  
1979 W 0-1 5-1 3-1   Bjorn Borg SWE Roscoe Tanner USA Pat DuPre USA  
1979 F 2-1 5-1 x   Bjorn Borg SWE Victor Pecci Paraguay Vitas Gerulaitis USA  
1979 A x x x   Guillermo Vilas ARG John Sadri USA Victor Amaya USA Colin Dibley AUS
1978   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
10-4 13-1 5-2  
1978 U 3-1 7-0 5-1     Bjorn Borg SWE   Vitas Gerulaitis USA
1978 W 0-1 6-1 0-1   Bjorn Borg SWE   Tom Okker Holland Vitas Gerulaitis USA
1978 F 3-1 x x   Bjorn Borg SWE Guillermo Vilas Argentina Corrado Barazzutti Italy Dick Stockton USA
1978 A 4-1 (Semis) x x   Guillermo Vilas ARG John Marks AUS   Hank Pfister USA
1977   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
3-1 12-2 9-3  
1977 U x 6-1 3-1   Guillermo Vilas Argentina   Corrado Barazzutti Italy Harold Solomon USA
1977 W x 6-1 5-1   Bjorn Borg SWE     Vitas Gerulaitis USA
1977 F x x 1-1   Guillermo Vilas Argentina Brian Gottfried USA Raul Ramirez Mexico Phil Dent AUS
1977 A 3-1 x x   Roscoe Tanner USA Guillermo Vilas ARG John Alexander AUS Ken Rosewall  AUS
1976   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
7-3 11-1    
1976 U 1-1 7-0 x     Bjorn Borg SWE Ilie Nastase Romania Guillermo Vilas Argentina
1976 W 3-1 4-1 x   Bjorn Borg SWE Ilie Nastase Romania Raul Ramirez Mexico Roscoe Tanner USA
1976 F 3-1 x x   Adriano Panatta Italy Harold Solomon USA Raul Ramirez Mexico Eddie Dibbs USA
1976 A x x x   Mark Edmondson AUS Ken Rosewall  AUS John Newcombe  AUS Ray Ruffels AUS
1975   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
10-1 17-3    
1975 U 3-1 6-1 x   Manuel Orantes Spain   Bjorn Borg SWE Guillermo Vilas Argentina
1975 W 7-0 6-1 x       Tony Roche AUS Roscoe Tanner USA
1975 F x x x   Bjorn Borg SWE Guillermo Vilas Argentina Adriano Panatta Italy Eddie Dibbs USA
1975 A x 5-1 (Runnerup) x   John Newcombe  AUS   Dick Crealy AUS Tony Roche AUS
1974   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
9-3 20-0    
1974 U 4-1 7-0 x     Ken Rosewall AUS John Newcombe AUS Roscoe Tanner USA
1974 W 2-1 7-0 x     Ken Rosewall AUS Stan Smith USA Dick Stockton USA
1974 F 3-1 x x   Bjorn Borg SWE Manuel Orantes Spain Francois Jauffret France Harold Solomon USA
1974 A x 6-0 (Champ) x     Phil Dent AUS John Alexander AUS Ross Case AUS
 
1973   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
5-2 8-3    
1973 U 2-1 4-1 x   John Newcombe AUS Jan Kodes Czech Ken Rosewall AUS Stan Smith USA
1973 W x 4-1 x   Jan Kodes Czech Alex Metreveli USSR Roger Taylor GB Sandy Mayer USA
1973 F 3-1 0-1 x   Ilie Nastase Romania Nikola Pilic Croatia Adriano Panatta Italy Tom Gorman USA
1973 A x x x   John Newcombe  AUS Onny Parun AUS Karl Meiler W Germany Patrick Proisy France
1972   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
6-1 5-3    
1972 U 6-1 0-1 x   Ilie Nastase Romania   Tom Gorman USA Cliff Richey USA
1972 W x 4-1 x   Stan Smith USA Ilie Nastase Romania Manuel Orantes Spain Jan Kodes Czech
1972 F x 1-1 x   Andres Gimeno Spain Patrick Proisy France Manuel Orantes Spain Alex Metreveli USSR
1972 A x x x   Ken Rosewall  AUS Malcolm Anderson AUS Allan Stone AUS Alex Metreveli USSR
1971   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
15-4 1-1  
1971 U 5-1 1-1 x   Stan Smith USA Jan Kodes Czech Tom Okker Holland  
1971 W 2-1 x x   John Newcombe AUS Stan Smith USA Ken Rosewall AUS Tom Gorman USA
1971 F 4-1 x x   Jan Kodes Czech Ilie Nastase Romania Zelkjo Franulovic Croatia Frank Froeling USA
1971 A 4-1 (Runnerup) x x   Ken Rosewall  AUS   Bob Lutz USA Tom Okker Holland
1970   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
15-3 0-1    
1970 U 3-1 0-1 x   Ken Rosewall AUS Tony Roche AUS John Newcombe AUS Cliff Richey USA
1970 W 3-1 x x   John Newcombe AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Roger Taylor GB Andres Gimeno Spain
1970 F 4-1 x x   Jan Kodes Czech Zelkjo Franulovic Croatia Georges Govan France Cliff Richey USA
1970 A 5-0 (Champ) x x     Dick Crealy AUS Roger Taylor GB Dennis Ralston USA
1969   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
13-3      
1969 U 5-1 x x   Rod Laver AUS Tony Roche AUS   John Newcombe AUS
1969 W 5-1 x x   Rod Laver AUS John Newcombe AUS   Tony Roche AUS
1969 F 3-1 x x   Rod Laver AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Tom Okker Hol Tony Roche AUS
1969 A x x x   Rod Laver AUS Andres Gimeno ESP Ray Ruffels AUS Tony Roche AUS
1968   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
11-1      
1968 U 6-0 (Champ) x x     Tom Okker Holland Clark Graebner USA Ken Rosewall AUS
1968 W 5-1 x x   Rod Laver AUS Tony Roche AUS Clark Graebner USA  
1968 F x x x   Ken Rosewall AUS Rod Laver AUS Andres Gimeno ESP Pancho Gonzales USA
1968 A x x x   William Bowrey AUS Juan Gisber ESP Ray Ruffels AUS Barry Phillips-Moore AUS
1967   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
4-1  
1967 U x x x   John Newcombe AUS Clark Graebner USA Jan Leschly Den Gene Scott USA
1967 W x x x   John Newcombe AUS Wilhelm Bungert GER Roger Taylor GB Nikola Pilic Yugo
1967 F x x x   Roy Emerson AUS Tony Roche AUS Nikola Pilic Yugo Istvan Gulyas Hun
1967 A 4-1 (Runnerup) x x   Roy Emerson AUS Arthur Ashe USA Tony Roche AUS John Newcombe AUS
1966   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
7-2      
1966 U 2-1 x x   Fred Stolle AUS John Newcombe AUS Roy Emerson AUS Manuel Santana ESP
1966 W x x x   Manuel Santana ESP Dennis Ralston USA Owen Davidson AUS Cliff Drysdale RSA
1966 F x x x   Tony Roche AUS Istvain Gulyas Hun Francois Jauffret FRA Cliff Drysdale RSA
1966 A 5-1 (Runnerup) x x   Roy Emerson AUS Arthur Ashe USA Fred Stolle AUS John Newcombe AUS
1965   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
8-2      
1965 U 5-1 x x   Manuel Santana ESP Cliff Drysdale RSA   Rafael Osuna Mex
1965 W 3-1 x x   Roy Emerson AUS Fred Stolle AUS Dennis Ralston USA Cliff Drysdale RSA
1965 F x x x   Fred Stolle AUS Tony Roche AUS Roy Emerson AUS Cliff Drysdale RSA
1965 A x x x   Roy Emerson AUS Fred Stolle AUS Tony Roche AUS John Newcombe AUS
1964   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
6-2      
1964 U 3-1 x x   Roy Emerson AUS Fred Stolle AUS Chuck McKinley USA Rafael Osuna Mex
1964 W 3-1 x x   Roy Emerson AUS Fred Stolle AUS Chuck McKinley USA Wilhelm Bungert GER
1964 F x x x   Manuel Santana ESP  Nicola Pietrangeli ITA Jan-Erik Lundqvist SWE Pierre Darmon FRA
1964 A x x x   Roy Emerson AUS Fred Stolle AUS Marty Mulligan AUS Ken Fletcher AUS
1963   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
4-2      
1963 U 2-1 x x   Rafael Osuna Mex Frank Froehling USA Ronald Barnes Brazil Chuck McKinley USA
1963 W 2-1 x x   Chuck McKinley USA Fred Stolle AUS Manuel Santana ESP Wilhelm Bungert GER
1963 F x x x   Roy Emerson AUS Pierre Darmon FRA Manuel Santana ESP Michael Sangster GB
1963 A x x x   Roy Emerson AUS Ken Fletcher AUS Fred Stolle AUS Bob Hewitt AUS
1962   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
1-1  
1962 U 1-1 x x   Rod Laver AUS Roy Emerson AUS Rafael Osuna Mex Chuck McKinley USA
1962 W x x x   Rod Laver AUS Martin Mulligan AUS Neale Fraser AUS John Fraser AUS
1962 F x x x   Rod Laver AUS Roy Emerson AUS Neale Fraser AUS Manuel Santana ESP
1962 A x x x   Rod Laver AUS Roy Emerson AUS Neale Fraser AUS Bob Hewitt AUS
1961   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
1-1       Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver AUS Mike Sangster GB Rafael Osuna MEX
1961 U 1-1 x x   Rod Laver AUS Chuck McKinley USA Mike Sangster GB Ramanathan Krishnan IND
1961 W x x x   Manuel Santana ESP Nicola Pietrangeli ITA Jan-Erik Lundqvist SWE Rod Laver AUS
1961 F x x x   Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver AUS Fred Stolle AUS Barry Phillips-Moore AUS
1961 A x x x  
1960   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
1-1      
1960 U 1-1 x x   Neale Fraser AUS Rod Laver AUS Dennis Ralston USA Butch Buchholz USA
1960 W x x x   Neale Fraser AUS Rod Laver AUS Nicola Pietrangeli ITA Ramanathan Krishnan IND
1960 F x x x   Nicola Pietrangeli ITA Luis Ayala Chile Robert Haillet FRA Orlando Sirola ITA
1960 A x x x   Rod Laver AUS Neale Fraser AUS Roy Emerson AUS Bob Hewitt AUS
1959   Ashe Connors McEnroe    Champ  Finalist   Semi   Semi
0-1      
1959 U 0-1 x x   Neale Fraser AUS Alex Olmedo USA Tut Bartzen USA Ron Holmberg USA
1959 W x x x   Rod Laver AUS Alex Olmedo USA Barry McKay USA Roy Emerson AUS
1959 F x x x   Nicola Petrangeli ITA Ian Vermaak RSA Luis Ayala Chile Neale Fraser AUS
1959 A x x x   Alex Olmedo USA Neale Fraser AUS Barry McKay USA Bob Mark AUS
    1972 thru 1996            
    Ashe Connors McEnroe  
#Majors Played in / Match W-L Record / Firsts-Seconds-3rd 4th place finishes  
A  6 /25-5/1-3-1    2/11-1/1-1-0    5/18-5/0-0-1   
F  8/25-8 /0-0-0  13 /40-13/0-0-4   10/25-10 /0-1-1   
W  12/35-11 /1-0-2   20/84-18/2-4-5  14/59-11/3-2-3   
U 18/53-17/1-1-3   22/98-17/5-2-7   16/66-12/4-1-3   
 
Tot  44 /138-41/3-4-6   57/233-49/8-7-16    45/169-38/7-4-8