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Mats Wilander#2 def. Emilio Sanchez#21

3-6 7-6 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1988*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Mats Wilander
Score	3-6 7-6 6-0 6-4
Loser	Emilio Sanchez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mats Wilander	Emilio Sanchez
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Aug 22, 1964	May 29, 1965
Age	24	23
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	21
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,181	1,984
Career W-L	526–203	402–272
Career earnings	$7,956,101	$5,332,145

Pre-match H2H

Mats Wilander 6 – 2 Emilio Sanchez

Path

Mats Wilander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1988	R16	Mark Woodforde	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1988	R32	Mikael Pernfors	6-4 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1988	R64	Kevin Curren	3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1988	R128	Greg Holmes	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mats Wilander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1988	SF	Darren Cahill	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Emilio Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1988	R16	John Frawley	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1988	R32	Miloslav Mecir	6-3 3-6 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1988	R64	Ramesh Krishnan	6-2 7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 31, 1988	R128	Sergio Casal	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data