If John Mcenroe Entered the Women's Draw This Week in Miami...

He'd lose to one of those Williams guys.

-175 to win the event.

how many smoke breaks is he allowed during a match?

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Fitness would be his biggest issue. No way playing every day like that doesn't take its toll on his body. He'd probably make the quarters or semis before flaming out due to the fatigue issues. The women are in better shape, and that would add up in the second week.

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Johnny Mac plays tennis every day of his life. He's in really good shape. I realize that when he plays exhibitions against Lendl, Courier, Chang, Agassi or the like, that he doesn't have to come back the next day and play again. He comes in rested and has time to recover before moving on to another town and another payday. But I also think he would beat any player outside the top 50 with relative ease. Maybe even any player outside the top 20.

And so, depending on the draw, he wouldn't put much of a pounding on his body until the quarters.

I have no idea why, but I think he beats most of them, but loses in the semis to top five players. I will say he looks really impressive in some of the exos I have seen and is in great shape, but I have a tough time seeing him beat Vika or Serena. Then again, Kerber and Woz literally played 12 year old level moonball the other day, and I think Mac crushes them.

It's interesting, though, people will throw this stuff out about a high level 5.0 v. Johnny Mac, and most say Johnny Mac wins 0 and 0 in 40 minutes.

I watched Roddick demolish Scoville Jenkins many years ago on Ashe. Two days later, I watched Mac beat him even worse on a practice court. Just serve and volley, chip and charge, every single point. It was really embarrassing for Jenkins.

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I have no idea why, but I think he beats most of them, but loses in the semis to top five players. I will say he looks really impressive in some of the exos I have seen and is in great shape, but I have a tough time seeing him beat Vika or Serena. Then again, Kerber and Woz literally played 12 year old level moonball the other day, and I think Mac crushes them.

It's interesting, though, people will throw this stuff out about a high level 5.0 v. Johnny Mac, and most say Johnny Mac wins 0 and 0 in 40 minutes.

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1. The 5.0 level in tennis is a ghost town, though. Guys that are really good will tank matches to remain at 4.5 and avoid getting bumped to 5.0. Because once you're at 5.0, there are very few leagues and tournaments to play. Anyway, the reason that's important is because it makes it difficult to define the level of play from your average 5.0 player.

I played frequently in college -- not at UT, but when I was co-op'ing -- with a guy from Argentina who either won NAIA singles outright, or was #1 on the team that won the NAIA team competition. I think it was NAIA. Could have been D-3. Not positive on that. I'm a 4.5, but he played with me because he wanted to keep me around as his wingman at bars and clubs (his English was pretty bad).

Anyway, he self-rated as a 6.0, and he was really good, but he couldn't have played at UT. And there's no question Johnny Mac would have worked him over every single day of the week. And I suspect a top female would have done the very same. So maybe he was more like a 5.5? I don't even know. It's tough to say.

2. Johnny Mac would toy with Wozniacki. He'd make her look really really bad.

3. I also think he'd work over Sharapova pretty well.

4. I agree that Vika or Serena pose a much greater problem. If they were to play one match for all the marbles, I think Johnny Mac would likely win by a score of maybe 6-4, 6-3. They'd both have a great deal of difficulty breaking his serve -- which is still excellent -- and his unorthdox game cuts against their strengths.

Basically, I'm thinking that on the return of serve McEnroe be like a better version of Martina Hingis. He'd get breaks because he knows how to construct points and take away the things they do best. He's crafty like that.

But on one of their better days and one of his off days, they could conceivably beat him.

Is Serena really in better shape than Johnny Mac?

Former US up-and-comer that never took off. Got a few wildcards into the Open. He's from Georgia, I believe.

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Former US up-and-comer that never took off. Got a few wildcards into the Open. He's from Georgia, I believe.

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Did he just end up bouncing around on the Futures circuit?

He actually qualified for the French but lost in the first round in like 2008. He retired and coaches now.