John McEnroe

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John McEnroe is a former American professional tennis player renowned for his exceptional shot-making, volleying skills, and fiery on-court temperament, with seven Grand Slam singles titles to his name.

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instanceOf Olympic medalist
human
sports commentator
television commentator
tennis player
backhandStyle one-handed backhand
catchphrase "You cannot be serious!" NERFINISHED
coachedBy Lennart Bergelin NERFINISHED
Tony Palafox NERFINISHED
collegeTennisTeam Stanford Cardinal men's tennis NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
dateOfBirth 1959-02-16
dateOfHighestSinglesRanking 1980
doublesRecord ~530–103
educatedAt Stanford University
Trinity School (New York City) NERFINISHED
employer BBC Sport NERFINISHED
ESPN
NBC Sports NERFINISHED
era 1980s men's tennis
familyName McEnroe NERFINISHED
fullName John Patrick McEnroe Jr. NERFINISHED
givenName John NERFINISHED
grandSlamDoublesTitles 9
grandSlamMixedDoublesTitles 1
grandSlamSinglesTitleCountUSOpen 4
grandSlamSinglesTitleCountWimbledon 3
grandSlamSinglesTitles 7
hallOfFameInduction International Tennis Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
hallOfFameInductionYear 1999
handedness left-handed
hasChild Anna McEnroe NERFINISHED
Ava McEnroe NERFINISHED
Emily McEnroe NERFINISHED
Kevin McEnroe NERFINISHED
Ruby McEnroe NERFINISHED
Sean McEnroe NERFINISHED
height about 180 cm
highestDoublesRanking world No. 1
highestSinglesRanking world No. 1
knownFor exceptional shot-making
fiery on-court temperament
serve-and-volley style
volleying skills
memberOf United States Davis Cup team NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableRival Björn Borg NERFINISHED
Ivan Lendl NERFINISHED
Jimmy Connors NERFINISHED
notableWork autobiography "You Cannot Be Serious"
occupation sports commentator
television personality
tennis player
olympicEvent men's doubles tennis
olympicGames 1988 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
olympicMedal bronze medal
placeOfBirth West Germany NERFINISHED
Wiesbaden NERFINISHED
plays tennis
residence New York NERFINISHED
New York City
retired 1992
sexOrGender male
sibling Mark McEnroe NERFINISHED
Patrick McEnroe NERFINISHED
singlesRecord ~877–198
sport tennis
spouse Patty Smyth NERFINISHED
Tatum O'Neal NERFINISHED
styleOfPlay serve-and-volley
subjectOf documentary film "John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection" NERFINISHED
documentary film "McEnroe" NERFINISHED
turnedPro 1978
wonTitle NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship (singles) NERFINISHED
wonTournament US Open – Men's singles NERFINISHED
Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles NERFINISHED

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John McEnroe Sr. child John McEnroe
this entity surface form: Mark McEnroe
John McEnroe Sr. fatherOf John McEnroe
Nike advertising campaign "Bo Knows" notableCastMember John McEnroe
subject surface form: Bo Knows
Open Era notablePlayer John McEnroe
John McEnroe Sr. notableRelative John McEnroe
John McEnroe Sr. notableRelative John McEnroe
this entity surface form: Mark McEnroe