Ivan Lendl #2 def. John McEnroe #11

7-6 6-2 7-6

Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe 7-6 6-2 7-6 in the 1989 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 1989*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1989
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Feb 16, 1959
Age	28	29
Height	188 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	11
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,231	2,054
Current career W-L	1,045–227	835–191
Current career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl #2 12 – 13 John McEnroe #11

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amos Mansdorf #26	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1989	R16
Nicklas Kulti #175	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1989	R32
Carl Uwe Steeb #65	6-2 3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1989	R64
Alexander Mronz #276	6-0 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1989	R128

Ivan Lendl's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Muster #15	6-2 6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 1989	SF

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Aaron Krickstein #14	7-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1989	R16
Patrik Kuhnen #62	6-2 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1989	R32
Broderick Dyke #157	6-2 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1989	R64
Michael Westphal #124	6-4 7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1989	R128