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Stefan Edberg#6 def. Ivan Lendl#1

6-7 7-5 6-1 4-6 9-7

Match Information

Date	Dec 8, 1985*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	6-7 7-5 6-1 4-6 9-7
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Mar 7, 1960
Age	19	25
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,089	2,393
Career W-L	744–246	1,051–229
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 1 – 2 Ivan Lendl

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1985	QF	Michiel Schapers	6-0 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1985	R16	Wally Masur	6-7 2-6 7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1985	R32	Matt Anger	5-7 7-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 29, 1985	R64	Bud Schultz	6-3 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 9, 1985	F	Mats Wilander	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1985	QF	John Lloyd	7-6 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Dec 4, 1985	R16	Christo Steyn	6-3 6-2 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1985	R32	Ben Testerman	6-3 1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 29, 1985	R64	Leonardo Lavalle	6-4 0-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data