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Ivan Lendl #2 def. Thomas Muster #15

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1989*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-2 6-4 5-7 7-5
Loser	Thomas Muster

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Thomas Muster
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Oct 2, 1967
Age	28	21
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,242	1,981
Career W-L	1,051–229	590–267
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 1 – 0 Thomas Muster

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

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

Ivan Lendl's next match

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

Thomas Muster's path

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