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Mats Wilander #3 def. Javier Sanchez #59

4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1989*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Mats Wilander
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Javier Sanchez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mats Wilander	Javier Sanchez
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Aug 22, 1964	Feb 1, 1968
Age	24	21
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	59
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,001	1,722
Career W-L	526–203	321–328
Career earnings	$7,956,101	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Mats Wilander 0 – 0 Javier Sanchez

Path

Mats Wilander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1989	R64	Javier Frana	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mats Wilander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1989	R16	Jay Berger	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1989	R64	Joakim Nystrom	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data