8-Pound, 11-Ounce Boy Born to Tatum O’Neal, McEnroe

Actress Tatum O’Neal has given birth to a boy by tennis star John McEnroe, a spokeswoman at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica said today.

Kevin John McEnroe, who weighed eight pounds, 11 ounces, was born Friday. Mother and baby went home Monday in good health, nursing supervisor Corinne Rogers said.

The couple, who have traveled together on the tennis circuit, at first denied rumors that O’Neal, 22, was pregnant. But in an interview in December, McEnroe, 27, acknowledged the pregnancy and said the couple planned to marry.

“I’m proud of it,” he said of the impending birth. He said mother and baby would travel with him on the tennis circuit.

O’Neal, the daughter of actor Ryan O’Neal, made her name as a child actress opposite him in the 1973 movie “Paper Moon.”