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Boris Becker #2 def. Ivan Lendl #1

7-5 6-7 2-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1989*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	7-5 6-7 2-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 7, 1960
Age	21	29
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,141	2,263
Career W-L	670–219	1,051–229
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 5 – 7 Ivan Lendl

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1989	QF	Paul Chamberlin	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1989	R16	Aaron Krickstein	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1989	R32	Jan Gunnarsson	7-5 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1989	R64	Richard Matuszewski	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1989	R128	Bryan Shelton	6-1 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1989	F	Stefan Edberg	6-0 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1989	QF	Dan Goldie	7-6 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1989	R16	Peter Lundgren	1-6 7-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1989	R32	Tomas Carbonell	7-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1989	R64	Ronnie Bathman	6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1989	R128	Nicolas Pereira	7-6 4-6 6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data