Ivan Lendl #2 def. Thomas Muster #15

6-2 6-4 5-7 7-5

Ivan Lendl defeated Thomas Muster 6-2 6-4 5-7 7-5 in the 1989 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 29, 1989*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1989
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Thomas Muster
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Oct 2, 1967
Age	28	21
Height	188 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	15
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,244	1,948
Current career W-L	1,045–227	590–268
Current career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl #2 1 – 0 Thomas Muster #15

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John McEnroe #11	7-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 1989	QF
Amos Mansdorf #26	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1989	R16
Nicklas Kulti #175	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1989	R32
Carl Uwe Steeb #65	6-2 3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1989	R64
Alexander Mronz #276	6-0 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1989	R128

Ivan Lendl's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Miloslav Mecir #8	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 1989	F

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Edberg #5	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 1989	QF
Magnus Gustafsson #49	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1989	R16
Danie Visser #146	6-7 6-3 3-6 6-3 11-9	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1989	R32
Paul Wekesa #159	4-6 7-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1989	R64
Joey Rive #88	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1989	R128