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American tennis player John Patrick McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open), nine Grand Slam men’s doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. He is remembered for his famous rivalries with Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl and for his confrontational on-court behavior.

McEnroe won a total of 155 top-level titles (a record for a male professional) during his career — 84 in singles, 70 in men’s doubles, and 1 in mixed doubles. His career singles match record was 864-194 (81.66%). He won seven Grand Slam singles titles and the season-ending Masters championships three times (1978, 1983, and 1984).

His performance at the U.S. Open was remarkable. He played in five U.S Open finals and won four of them: 1979 against American Vitas Gerulaitis, 1980 against Swede Bjorn Borg, 1981 against Borg once again and 1984 against Czechoslovakia’s Ivan Lendl.

One year later Lendl would have his revenge as he met McEnroe once again in the final. This time the Czech defeated McEnroe in three sets (7-3, 6-3, 6-4) .

McEnroe also won four U.S. Open doubles titles. He won the 1979, 1981, and 1983 finals as he paired with American Peter Flemming, while in 1989 he teamed up with Australian Mark Woodforde. Had Flemming and McEnroe won the 1980 final against Americans Robert Lutz and Stan Smith they would have become the first pair to win three straight U.S. Open doubles titles since Maurice McLoughlin & Tom Bundy did so from 1912 to 1914. 

McEnroe formed a powerful partnership with Fleming, They won 57 men’s doubles titles including four at Wimbledon and three at the US Open. McEnroe was ranked the World No. 1 in doubles for a record 257 weeks.

This legendary player retired from the professional tour at the end of 1992 and ended his singles career ranked 20th in the world. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999.

After a 12-year absence from the professional tour, McEnroe returned to top-level doubles competition in 2006 and became the oldest male player to win a top-level title in 30 years at San Jose, Calif.