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Ivan Lendl#1 def. Karel Novacek#61

6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date Jan 21, 1990*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Ivan Lendl
Score6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1
Loser Karel Novacek

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldIvan LendlKarel Novacek
Country USA CZE
Birth dateMar 7, 1960Mar 30, 1965
Age2924
Height188190
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)161
Ranking points (entering)2,913339
Elo (entering)2,2391,713
Career W-L1,051–229287–231
Career earnings$21,262,417$3,729,540
Pre-match H2H
Ivan Lendl 1 0 Karel Novacek

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 1990R64 Tomas Carbonell 6-4 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 1990R128 Jim Pugh 6-3 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Ivan Lendl's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 24, 1990R16 Simon Youl 6-1 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data

Karel Novacek's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 1990R64 Eric Winogradsky 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 1990R128 Michael Brown B395 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2WMatch data