Lendl is perhaps the most underrated player of the modern age.

Absolute pure tennis gold! The '84 French Open final with the NBC commentating team of Dick Enberg and Bud Collins. The greatest match I've ever watched live - thank you so much for posting!

I really appreciate the fairness from the commentators. Hats off guys

This was an amazing final... I was 12 and missed watching this final in 84, but after watching it today... I was amazed of the quality of tennis produced by John and Lendl...John was probably the most talented player ever and Lendl was the father of modern and power tennis...

A great match between 2 great players.

Bud Collins must be the greatest tennis commentator I have ever heard! Everything he says in this match is interesting and meaningful. Thank you for these wonderful images

@chocolatetownforever7537

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Bud Collins. When you heard his voice, you knew it was a special tournament. His knowledge of the history of the game of tennis was unparalleled, and I truly admired that, because there never seemed to be a commentator that cared about ANY of the great pioneers of the game. For every other color guy, its like the game didnt exist before Rod Laver and the Aussie revolution. Not Bud. Tennis on TV is lesser without him, and for me, watching Wimbledon has never been the same since he and Dick Enberg left the booth. God bless the both of them.

Thank for this match the best final of clay this 40th years ago.

@juandi2570

4 жыл бұрын

It was 36 years ago..

@luclamainfroide7820

4 жыл бұрын

Yes of course, excuse me I'm so exicting

@user-cy6xl3vd3f

Жыл бұрын

Rome 2006 is not far behind

un regal! probablement une des meilleures finales de tout les temps!

@leveilleurnonsilencieux2681

7 жыл бұрын

probablement la defaite la plus dure pour mc enroe qui aurait gagner largement !

@siberiantiger8553

4 жыл бұрын

Really incredible how mc jesus losed this match 😨😨

It's amazing to watch this match play out: McEnroe was in total control through the first two sets, but you can see as the 3rd set begins, that McEnroe starts having...issues. He begins to be distracted and concerned with everything around him - the crowd, the camera crews and photographers, the ball boys. Yes Lendl started raising his game up, but you had to expect that to happen sooner than later. Lendl was a great clay court player - clay and hardcourt was about equal, but indoor carpet surfaces was Ivan's best surface. But McEnroe was in so total control of the match, that he was in great position to scratch his way through the rest of the match, and be the French Open Champion. But he let his focus totally dissolve into where he seemed like it was HE who lost those first two sets, and not Lendl......

really great stuff. just subscribed!

The beginning of Lendl the end of Mac.

@luca.missoripisu6116

3 жыл бұрын

watch usopen 84 ,after 3 months

@chocolatetownforever7537

2 жыл бұрын

@@luca.missoripisu6116 Exactly.

@michaelgarza8271

2 жыл бұрын

@@luca.missoripisu6116 Wimbledon 2 weeks later and then the US Open.

Love that there’s a version of this with English commentary - Bud Collins was so good

@jton6852

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Enberg and Collins were the best. Better than Sumerall and Trabert. Much better than anyone they have going now. I did like McEnroe okay when he was with Ted Robinson. And Cliff Drysdale and Patrick McEnroe together were pretty good. too. But they can't touch Enberg and Collins.

@bobmalack481

3 жыл бұрын

Bud Collins is a wierd dipshit, and I can say it cuz I was there in the day..Robert at 66.

Never a Lendl guy, but he was the most elegant player in history. Every stroke, the forehand, backhand, and serve are just so beautiful to watch. Even his movement was like a gazelle. Hell of a champion.

@japan32japan

10 ай бұрын

are you sure you are not a Lendl guy :)

@chocolatetownforever7537

10 ай бұрын

@@japan32japan Haha. Bigtime McEnroe guy. Im just softening with age.

McEnroe played the best tennis of all time in the first two sets

@siberiantiger8553

4 жыл бұрын

Not, The best tennis of mc jesus was in the final us open 1984 , mc winned in 3 sets, Lendl was KO 💪😵

@seteetlemonde7656

4 жыл бұрын

Mcenroe the goat

@derrickc1353

Жыл бұрын

@@siberiantiger8553 yeah i think mcenroe would have beat lendl in 85 us open, but wilander took something out of him the day before I long 5-setter. Today they have a day off between semis and finals.

English man here, i thought john was great, a pure winner, to him coming second was not an option, and nobody is going to tell me that he was not good for the sport, he was the sport.

A victory in this match would have gone down as one of McEnroe's greatest achievements. Few preeminent American players of the last half century have been able to conquer the French Open. The title also would have kept him perfect for the year and judging by his dominance at Wimbledon and the US Open, McEnroe in '84 could have been the best season of all-time by any player.

@jasoncowell5133

3 жыл бұрын

It IS the best season if all time. 83-2 record.

@chocolatetownforever7537

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The big 3 never had a win loss record that good.

@DonQuickZote

4 күн бұрын

@@jasoncowell5133It was 82-3 but otherwise I agree with you.

Je m'en souviens comme si c'était hier....j'avais 16 ans ..il faisait très chaud ce dimanche ..on a tous cru que Mc Enroe plierait le match en 3 sets...

I feel so so bad for Mcenroe, he was actually playing really well here and is so close. See him choke in the 5th set is so sad. In my book he deserved to win, it takes extreme skill to beat Lendl on this slow surface as a "net player". He did it so well here but in the end Lendl wore him out. A fantastic match!

@jasonbrooks6562

6 жыл бұрын

SuperHammaren l dont think he choked, he just got tired,run out of ideas and lendl just outlasted him. It is a shame.

@SuperHammaren

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I meant he mentally lost. At the time I supported Lendl in this match, but I see it differently now.

@fundhund62

5 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbrooks6562 He himself admitted he choked, though.

@jasonbrooks6562

5 жыл бұрын

@@fundhund62 Depends what one's definition of 'choke' is. Normally it is associated with an inability to control one's nerves or missing easy shots at critical points in a match(Jana novotnas capitulation in the 1993 Wimbledon final, or lendls double fault in the 1983 us open final, come to mind). Mcenroe in 84 French final, didnt miss any obvious easy shots, or double fault at key points. He did however fail, particularly in the last 2 sets to get enough first serves in, thus losing, one of his most potent weapons. Being involved in baseline rallies, was only to lendl's advantage, especially on red clay, as this played to the Czech's strength, and his greater fitness. I have heard the quote where Mac, says he 'choked', l just think he is being a little harsh on himself. Whatever, the 1984 French final is a great match.

@fundhund62

5 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbrooks6562 He actually DID miss a couple of easy shots at crucial moments. Most notably in the 5th game of the third set (I'm sure he had nightmares over that easy forehand drive at 30-40 which he pushed right back into Lendl's racket), but also that forehand volley at break point in the 4th set, being just five points away from winning. And he also blew a couple of break points in the 5th, most notably that forehand drive (again!) that just clipped the top of the net. Rewatching the whole thing, you can see pretty clearly that McEnroe lost that match in his head (his first serve percentage in the last sets must have been somewhere around 30%!). Which is exactly what most people mean when saying someone "choked".

McEnroe on his peak and his greatest season ever, after this season he went downhill, incredibly how McEnroe copied Borg career, winning everything in early youth and by 25 they were burnt out, nevertheless they left an amazing history behind, I think they didnt have the will to play more, but also maybe dint find ways to refresh, innovate their playing style against the new players. As Borg, McEnroe, the guy who basically led to Borg retirement didnt win on all surfaces and had this problem on clay against Lendl, he lost against him in 1981 and this final in 1984, Borg lost 2 times against McEnroe in straight USO finals( sure he also lost on clay at USO against Connors in 1975, that was unexpected considering Connors wasnt that great on clay, Borg being the king of clay back then ). Here McEnroe lost the game in many situations, I think the most painful points were those break points in the fifth at 3-3, 15-40 he wastes the first opportunity with unforced error, second opportunity on 2nd serve of Lendl he puts a down the line passing shot forehand into the net, his game also crumbled at 4-2 in 4th set, it looked like that was the final, and he lost 3 break points at 2-2 in the third set when Lendl was almost done, but after that he sarted build confidence and played better and better till he reached brilliant level on 5th when he was just cold blooded on his serves, while McEnroe suffered a lot for points, also Lendl unleashed his backhand weapon from 3rd and McEnroe didnt have response to that, from a big big difference on winners in first three sets, then there went to just 1 in 4th (14-13), also his relentless and magic volley game started to grip after the perfection he showed in the first 2 sets, plus he started play from the line where he had no chance, he just couldnt play long rallies with Lendl and was obvious he will crumble and do unforced errors, he was totally without response after Lendl started with those great passing shots and finally on 5th Lendl also won some points on the net, but mostly what causes him to lose this game was his terrible 1st serve, it was like he was always serving with second, that thing paved the way for a comeback from Lendl, a guy who won bcuz he remained calm and that calm built confidence, he could think, while McEnroe was seeing red in front of eyes just bcuz Lendl won 2 games in a row on his serve in 3rd at2-1, McEnroe was an incredible talent, i.ve never seen anyone having such elegant volleys, his drop shots also, whoa... such joy to watch, with that rocket he was doing federeresque game. Lendl, I associate him with Djokovic, an amazing player who always remained lucid on and off the court, always kept improving and kept believing in their strengths, they kept analyse the situation, the weaknesses, the strengths and how would be tactically and tehnically possible to become better and play better, also he was a master in playing that dead game type of play, when you are writing them off, they laying still there and let you play, but they are just returning and returnig and looking for solutions, but first they have to return and dont make force errors, they keep this till they grow up in the game and start playing decentor good and the other guy starts losing focus and attack, making mistakes, here it matters how the opponent deals with this situation, he still has the first chance if he stays cool, but they cramblegenerally, or they even start playing incredible well all of sudden and there is nothing that can stop them from that moment, they start having such power and energy that they combine this game with such an amazing attacking rides and you cant do nothing, you cannot come to the net, you get passing shot, stay on baseline ? no way, you rather mistake or you will get outplayed, we could see this duel in Mc v Lendl, Mc v Wilander, Federer v Djokovic. So the most talented havent always prevailed, examples are McEnroe v Lendl, Wilander, Andre Agassi v Pete(although Sampras also had a great natural talent in this case, but Andre was right there from 17 !! and his talent kept him there till 36) and finally Roger and even Rafa v Novak.

As a fan of mcenroe this is almost heartbreaking to watch. If he had won this match he surely would have won the calender grand slam in 84.

@jton6852

6 жыл бұрын

Well, he didn't play the Australian Open that year. And sure, it was not as prestigious at the time, but still, without playing it, no calendar Grand Slam. That said, John McEnroe's year in '84 has to be one of the best ever, even without winning the French Open. If he'd won it, I'd say it was just about the best year ever. He would have been 83-2 with 14 titles and three slams... playing against the likes of Lendl, Connors, and Wilander.

@jasonbrooks6562

6 жыл бұрын

If he had won the French, he would surely have had played the Australian open.

@philippestoffels8150

5 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbrooks6562 well... A.O was played in december at that time

@threerings1345

5 жыл бұрын

McEnroe was never going to play the Australian Open, "grand slam" or not. He played there once early in his career and hated everything about it, from what he felt was a horrible grass surface to the the scheduling which at that time was right at the end of a long year. He like Connors played twice in his career and got DQ'd in '91.

@MrBjorn6

4 жыл бұрын

@@threerings1345 you must be joking or new to tennis. Borg played the Australian open 1 at 17, However if he'd won the @usopen in 1979 or 1980 he would of gone to @auspen to complete the slam. In 1980 McEnroe said, if Borg had won the @usopen he would have gone to @ausopen to stop him from winning the grand slam. So if he'd do that to stop Borg why wouldn't he go to Australia in 1984 to complete his grand slam? When he was totally unplayable in 1984.

Great share, awesome play, but is there a remastered HD version? This is hard on the eyes.

Duel d'anthologie BIG MAC contre IVAN LE TERRIBLE , du tennis champagne comme on disait à l'époque

An amazing final ... I must say there is some satisfaction in the McEnroe loss ... to an unrated player (in Majors)... to Lendl. Clearly, a match of two halves.

What a match I remember watching it live on NBC when I was 15 yrs old. I thought Mcenroe had it won after leading by 2 sets and 4-2 lead in the 4th set.

People are always bitchin' about how many time Nadal and Djokovic supposedly take between the serves while back in the days McEnroe was playing a round of PacMan between his serves.

@bestbestik6219

4 жыл бұрын

I reduced to about an half this game time just by skipping his breaks on the serve.

Lendl was a true champion in every sense..."are you afraid of him???" haha! John played a great match and was at his top

@siberiantiger8553

4 жыл бұрын

NOT, MC ENROE WAS AT TOP IN THE FINAL US OPEN 1984 , AND OBVIOUSLY DEFEATED LENDL IN 3 SETS 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The missed Volley that would haunt him for the rest of his life...

Eine der bittersten Niederlagen der Tennishistorie.

What is really odd is how McEnroe suddenly gets distracted by the photographers early in the 3rd set. Its bizzare. I don't know why he would suddenly get distracted then. Presumably they had been there the whole time. Things were still going McEnroe's way in the match. But it marks the point where Lendl started having the upper hand and McEnroe started serving poorly. Ironically McEnroe never really gets upset at the umpire in this match. At least relative to his usual conduct. McEnroe says he let his emotions slip away in this match and that is what cost him this match. I can't see why that happened.

@jasonbrooks6562

6 жыл бұрын

RonnieLeeDuck maybe mcenroe wanted it too much. The first 2 sets seemed to come too easy. I dont know. Even mcenroe finds it hard to explain why he lost this one.

@fundhund62

5 жыл бұрын

He seemed to be pretty tense and edgy right from the start, though (even before his very first serve lol). Maybe the first two sets came too easy indeed, I don't know. He had his best chance in the third set at 2-2, when he failed to convert four break points. After that, it became an open battle, and he started to get tired.

@opencurtin

4 жыл бұрын

Mac had some sort of OCD the guy had all sorts of weird twitches and was a very sensitive individual ..

As much as I recognized the talents of John McEnroe the player, probably the best volleyer the game has ever seen, I was appalled by McEnroe the man, and stopped watching tennis in the 80's because I couldn't stand to look at him anymore. He didn't act like a man on the courts; he acted like a spoiled 7-year-old. Conversely, maybe his dad was an ogre whom he felt never loved by. Who knows? Here at the Finals, not raising the Runner-Up Prize for the fans to see, then refusing to say anything at all and dashing off to hide in the locker room, Jesus, he was so lucky to be given a shot as a TV Commentator years later. I mean, when hell-raiser Jimmy Connors has to walk all the way over to your baseline to pointedly tell you to grow up, you know you've got emotional problems.

@Aman-nk5uq

6 жыл бұрын

Yupp, one of a kind McEnroe. Great player though.

@jasonbrooks6562

6 жыл бұрын

You are piously pathetic. Mcenroe did not want to engage in aftermatch niceties because he was gutted to lose a match he should never have. Only lendl could have come back the way that he did,otherwise l am sure we would be talking now about a mcenroe grandslam.

@jays1752

5 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbrooks6562 little bitch. heard

@opencurtin

4 жыл бұрын

He definitely had borderline personality disorder , I think he grew out of it but I'd say he's still moody on a given day ..

@bestbestik6219

4 жыл бұрын

Well we have to understand his anger and dont judge him so rigid, but of course those things dont look nicely, first he didnt clap for his opponent when he raised the trophy, then he left without saying a word, I can understand he didnt lift the trophy after what happened during the game tho, he couldnt handle losing very well, that.s clear, but also he was kinda honest in expressing his emotions. I think he might be a good presence actually, or it seems that he is capable of being a much better version when he is not on those anger situations, he just couldnt manage anger and he was going in total darkness because of that, he was controlled by this reaction of frustration, anger like a kid if you want who losses and cant get his head away from the fact that he is not the winner and the best. What I.m trying to say is that he might be a good guy when he is away from the tension. As for his tennis skills, those are undisputed.

On raconte beaucoup de légendes sur ce match, notamment McEnroe l'aurait laissé filer déconcentré par un micro-casque avec break dans le 3ème... En fait les deux joueurs sont au coude à coude jusqu'à la fin. Le tournant est pour moi au 7ème jeu du 5ème set: McEnroe fait un super jeu de retour et mène 15/40 sur le service de Lendl. Il gâche les deux balles de break dont la seconde, un passing facile qu'il met dans le filet à 3:20:50. Sa déception est alors à la hauteur de l'importance de cet occasion manquée.

@a.k.4486

5 жыл бұрын

Tout à fait ! Bien vu ! On parle même d'une légendaire balle de match au 3ème set pour McEnroe, et d'un fameux effondrement de ce dernier ensuite. Rien de cela n'a eu lieu. En réalité, il avait fait le break au 4ème set, suivi d'une balle de 5-3 sur son service (2:24:30). Il était alors à 5 points de la victoire (et non pas avec une balle de match). Malheureusement il rate alors une vollée. Incompréhensible ! Il réussissait jusqu'alors ce genre de coup. Ensuite, effectivement au 5ème set il avait encore des chances réelles de l'emporter avec des balles de break.

@philippestoffels8150

5 жыл бұрын

@@a.k.4486 oui et ce fumier de Lendl à 4 3 40 30 change de raquette et casse le rythme de Mac...

@philippestoffels8150

5 жыл бұрын

en plus de perdre ce match, il aurait pu entrer dans l'histoire en étant le seul à faire les 4 G.S dans la même année

@a.k.4486

5 жыл бұрын

philippe stoffels Ah ah ah 35 ans après on en a toujours des frissons.

@philippestoffels8150

5 жыл бұрын

@@a.k.4486 c'était mon idole, j'avais 14 ans à l'époque, j'ai pleuré de rage...

Notice Lendl’s racquet change at 2:24. He was down 30-40 3-4. Would he have won that crucial game without changing racquets? Who knows.

MC Enroe pure stylist

On oublie parfois (surtout les journalistes) que les matchs à Roland Garros sont souvent très long. Beaucoup disaient que Mc Enroe gagnerait facilement, comme les tours précédent. Le fait d'avoir éliminé Wilander (contre qui Mc Enroe n'aurait eu aucune chance)en demi a surement aidé Lendl (psychologiquement).

@philippestoffels8150

5 жыл бұрын

pas sur.... wilander était moins puissant et était souvent battu par mac... l'année suivante ils se rencontrent en demi... Wilander gagne en 4 sets mais ce n'était déjà plus big Mac

Gros coup de chaleur pour Mc enroe ce dimanche trés chaud qui avait joué a la fraiche pendant la quinzaine comme l'avait expliqué Pierre Barthez dans un entretien.

11:45, McEnroe tournaments 7 Won 6 .

The bad line calls!! Aieeee!

McEnroe lost?! You cannot be serious man !

What McEnroe said at 1:15 :25 in the headphones?"Shut out!"?

@WONGLER

4 жыл бұрын

Shut up

11:45 " Match record, McEnroe : 39-0..." ! OMG !

McEnroe totally pissed off missing a sitter volley on match point...

DOMMAGE POUR BIG MAC

A couple of points away from having the most dominant year in the history of tennis. I didn't watch the whole match, but if it's true that McEnroe's mental game did him in here, that would only be fitting. For years his talent was enough to overcome his emotional shakiness, but here, in the biggest match of his life (and maybe in the history of tennis) he couldn't rise above his emotional limitations? If he had pulled this out, we'd have seen at least 3-4 years more of McEnroe in his prime, and the consensus would have to be that he was one of the top 3 players all-time (with Federer and Djokovic). As it is, we're left with what-ifs.... sad

Mac was destroyed.. but he should have said a word! Lendl was never a fav to many but over the years his efforts on the court show how brilliant a player he was!

84 the last year Mac won a slam , his game seemed to taper off after this year, he should have won this match in 3 sets , he seemed to run out of gas.

@siberiantiger8553

4 жыл бұрын

Final us open 1984 , the best Match of mc jesus

@spirg

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what happens when you don’t train , McEnroe himself always said he didn’t , Lendl , Top Shape ,especially on slow red clay .

si mc enroe agarra a cualquiera de los de ahora, les deja en ridículo...

I bet Lendl will win 🎾

comment à t'il pu louper cette volée facile, :A 40 A il passait à 5/5 et remportait le titre , son jeu d'attaque était pourtant parfait!

L arbitrage est mauvais ! J.Dorfmann a clairement influé sur le cour du match dans le 1er set . Du grand n'importe quoi. Du pain béni pour Mc Enroe, de qui par sa présence, il est vrai, remplissait les places du central... Très déstabilisant pour les joueurs et aucune vérification. Effectivement, il était temps que l arbitrage Arbitraire disparaisse. Un joli retour de balle de Dorfmann à McEnroe en somme. Mais malgré cela, cela ne suffira pas...😋

Mcenroe the GOAT

@ZAOUWV

Жыл бұрын

No, Djokovic

This match cost Johnny Mac big time. He created a monster in Lendl and he destroyed the rest of his career.

1위 로저페더러2위 샘프라스 3위 렌들

Mc enroe n a ríen dit!!!!! Le plateau ne luí pas plu!!!!

netcord

The decisive moment of the match? in the third set, score 2-2, Lendl serve, min 1 h 25 .40... Mcenroe goes 0-40 with 3 break points, but fails to make them concrete: in the first he accepts the exchange from baseline instead of taking the point at the net, the second a backhand into the net, in the third he is pierced by a forehand by Ivan... if Mcenroe had conquered that break, he would have gone 3-2 and service in the third set, leading by two sets to zero; at that point Lendl would have been knocked out, and it would have been difficult for him to recover; after saving himself from such a desperate situation, the Czechoslovak begins to play for real, and to make life difficult for the American, who has to sweat the conquest of every point

Jesus Christ...haha..McEnroe not giving any speech after losing. One of a kind McEnroe. Imagine this happening today. That person will be torn down by media.

@fundhund62

6 жыл бұрын

That´s true. But the tennis he played was so much more skilfull than what we have to put up with today. And don't forget Borg left without a word at the US Open 1981.

@Aman-nk5uq

6 жыл бұрын

No doubt about that.

@jton6852

6 жыл бұрын

Wow. I can't imagine what you'll say about the state of tennis when Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are done if you think it's bad now.

@philippestoffels8150

3 жыл бұрын

Borg did it in new york final 1981 he didn't even received his runner up trophee

That was rigged

Tatum O’Neal ruined his career