Ivan Lendl vs John McEnroe, 1984
Former World No. 1 John McEnroe and Novak Djokovic have one thing in common other than their top rank – neither has won the French Open, although Djokovic still has the opportunity.
In 1984, McEnroe won 82 of the 85 matches he had played, and with the year he had been having till then was widely expected to win. Facing Ivan Lendl in the only French Open final he has every played, the famously ill-tempered American won the first two sets – but bothered by a noise from a camera unit, completely lost his composure, with Lendl winning 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 with some exquisite groundstrokes.
McEnroe never won the Coupe de Mousquetaires over his long, otherwise illustrious career.
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