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Pat Cash #7 def. Ivan Lendl #1

6-4 2-6 6-2 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1988*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pat Cash
Score	6-4 2-6 6-2 4-6 6-2
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pat Cash	Ivan Lendl
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 27, 1965	Mar 7, 1960
Age	22	27
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,057	2,367
Career W-L	210–134	1,051–229
Career earnings	$1,950,345	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Pat Cash 2 – 5 Ivan Lendl

Path

Pat Cash's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1988	QF	Michiel Schapers	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Jonas Svensson	6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Paul Mcnamee	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Carl Limberger	6-1 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Thomas Muster	7-5 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pat Cash's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1988	F	Mats Wilander	3-6 7-6 6-3 1-6 6-8	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1988	QF	Todd Witsken	6-2 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Wally Masur	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Matt Anger	6-0 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Brian Roe	6-3 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data