Stefan Edberg #2 def. Ivan Lendl #3

6-3 6-3 6-4

Stefan Edberg defeated Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-3 6-4 in the 1991 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 1991*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1991
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 9m

Match Statistics

Stat	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl
Aces	4	4
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	67	49
First serve points won %	73	64
Second serve points won %	52	42
Break points saved %	71	33
Break points converted %	67	29
Service points won %	66	53
Return points won %	47	34
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Mar 7, 1960
Age	25	31
Height	188 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,099	2,097
Current career W-L	748–248	1,045–227
Current career earnings	$20,630,941	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg #2 10 – 13 Ivan Lendl #3

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Javier Sanchez #49	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1991	QF
Michael Chang #22	7-6(2) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1991	R16
Jim Grabb #121	7-6(8) 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1991	R32
Jeff Tarango #101	6-3 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1991	R64
Bryan Shelton	6-4 2-6 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1991	R128

Stefan Edberg's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jim Courier #3	6-2 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1991	F

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Stich #4	6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1991	QF
Goran Ivanisevic #16	7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1991	R16
Todd Woodbridge #55	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1991	R32
Patrik Kuhnen #80	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1991	R64
Richard Krajicek #32	3-6 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1991	R128