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Mats Wilander#15 def. Veli Paloheimo#120

7-5 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date Jan 24, 1990*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Mats Wilander
Score7-5 6-4 6-0
Loser Veli Paloheimo

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMats WilanderVeli Paloheimo
Country SWE FIN
Birth dateAug 22, 1964Dec 13, 1967
Age2522
Height183183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)15120
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9531,631
Career W-L526–20340–52
Career earnings$7,956,101$353,661
Pre-match H2H
Mats Wilander 0 0 Veli Paloheimo

Path

Mats Wilander's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 1990R32 Wally Masur 6-4 5-7 6-4 1-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 1990R64 Martin Wostenholme 6-2 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 1990R128 Richard Fromberg 7-6 7-5 7-5WH2HMatch data

Mats Wilander's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 1990QF Boris Becker 6-4 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data

Veli Paloheimo's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 1990R32 Javier Sanchez 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 1990R64 Guy Forget 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 1990R128 Carl Uwe Steeb 5-7 6-3 0-6 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data