Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Stefan Edberg #1 def. A. Cherkasov #17

7-6(4) 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 1991*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	7-6(4) 6-4 6-3
Loser	A. Cherkasov
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Stefan Edberg	A. Cherkasov
Aces	6	0
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	68	76
First serve points won %	69	59
Second serve points won %	47	52
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	62	57
Return points won %	43	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	A. Cherkasov
Country	SWE	RUS
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Jul 4, 1970
Age	25	20
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,158	1,897
Career W-L	744–246	170–198
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$2,260,281

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 2 – 1 A. Cherkasov

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1991	R32	Andrei Chesnokov	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1991	R64	Horst Skoff	6-4 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1991	R128	B. Wuyts	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1991	QF	Jim Courier	4-6 6-2 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1991	R32	Jaime Yzaga	7-5 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1991	R64	Pat Cash	6-7(3) 6-1 6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1991	R128	John McEnroe	2-6 6-4 7-5 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data