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Ivan Lendl #2 def. John McEnroe #11

7-6 6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1989*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	7-6 6-2 7-6
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Feb 16, 1959
Age	28	29
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	11
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,230	2,053
Career W-L	1,051–229	833–189
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 13 – 14 John McEnroe

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1989	R16	Amos Mansdorf	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1989	R32	Nicklas Kulti	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1989	R64	Carl Uwe Steeb	6-2 3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1989	R128	Alexander Mronz	6-0 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1989	SF	Thomas Muster	6-2 6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1989	R16	Aaron Krickstein	7-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1989	R32	Patrik Kuhnen	6-2 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1989	R64	Broderick Dyke	6-2 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1989	R128	Michael Westphal	6-4 7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data