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Mats Wilander #1 def. Kent Carlsson #6

6-1 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 2, 1988*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Mats Wilander
Score	6-1 3-6 6-4
Loser	Kent Carlsson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mats Wilander	Kent Carlsson
Country	SWE	SWE
Birth date	Aug 22, 1964	Jan 3, 1968
Age	24	20
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,236	2,057
Career W-L	526–203	155–57
Career earnings	$7,956,101	$998,956

Pre-match H2H

Mats Wilander 3 – 0 Kent Carlsson

Path

Mats Wilander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1988	SF	Guillermo Perez-Roldan	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1988	QF	Claudio Panatta	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1988	R16	Franco Davin	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1988	R32	Markus Zillner	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mats Wilander's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kent Carlsson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1988	SF	Thomas Muster	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1988	QF	Eduardo Bengoechea	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1988	R16	Jimmy Brown	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 29, 1988	R32	Raul Antonio Viver	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data