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Ivan Lendl #1 def. Miloslav Mecir #8

6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 1989*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Miloslav Mecir

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Miloslav Mecir
Country	USA	SVK
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	May 19, 1964
Age	28	24
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,251	1,963
Career W-L	1,051–229	232–108
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$2,632,538

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 4 – 1 Miloslav Mecir

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

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
Jan 27, 1989	QF	John McEnroe	7-6 6-2 7-6	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Miloslav Mecir's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1989	SF	Jan Gunnarsson	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1989	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	7-5 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1989	R16	Christo Van Rensburg	6-4 6-1 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jan 22, 1989	R32	Jason Stoltenberg	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1989	R64	Mark Kratzmann	6-2 6-7 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1989	R128	Thierry Champion	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data