Boris Becker #2 def. Ivan Lendl #1

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

Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl 7-5 6-7 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1989 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 9, 1989*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1989
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 7, 1960
Age	21	29
Height	190 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,141	2,260
Current career W-L	672–220	1,045–227
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #2 5 – 7 Ivan Lendl #1

Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paul Chamberlin #91	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1989	QF
Aaron Krickstein #15	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1989	R16
Jan Gunnarsson #56	7-5 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1989	R32
Richard Matuszewski #59	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1989	R64
Bryan Shelton	6-1 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1989	R128

Boris Becker's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Edberg #3	6-0 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 1989	F

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dan Goldie #48	7-6 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1989	QF
Peter Lundgren #62	1-6 7-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1989	R16
Tomas Carbonell #115	7-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1989	R32
Ronnie Bathman #311	6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1989	R64
Nicolas Pereira #114	7-6 4-6 6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1989	R128