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Ivan Lendl #3 def. Michael Stich #4

6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1
Loser	Michael Stich
Duration	3h 38m

Stat	Ivan Lendl	Michael Stich
Aces	6	11
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	56	59
First serve points won %	77	76
Second serve points won %	58	62
Break points saved %	86	56
Break points converted %	44	14
Service points won %	69	71
Return points won %	29	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Michael Stich
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Oct 18, 1968
Age	31	22
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,068	2,119
Career W-L	1,051–229	350–162
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$12,595,128

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 4 – 0 Michael Stich

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Todd Woodbridge	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Patrik Kuhnen	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Richard Krajicek	3-6 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1991	SF	Stefan Edberg	3-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Derrick Rostagno	6-2 3-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	MaliVai Washington	5-7 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Jimmy Brown	(w/o)	W	—	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Jacco Eltingh	7-6(5) 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data