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Ivan Lendl #3 def. Stefan Edberg #1

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Stefan Edberg
Duration	4h 2m

Stat	Ivan Lendl	Stefan Edberg
Aces	12	6
Double faults	4	10
First serve %	58	60
First serve points won %	74	70
Second serve points won %	49	55
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	63	64
Return points won %	36	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Stefan Edberg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Jan 19, 1966
Age	30	25
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,133	2,195
Career W-L	1,051–229	744–246
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$20,630,941

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 11 – 9 Stefan Edberg

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1991	QF	Goran Prpic	6-0 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1991	R16	Aaron Krickstein	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Magnus Gustafsson	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1991	R64	Scott Davis	7-6(3) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Tarik Benhabiles	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1991	F	Boris Becker	6-1 4-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1991	QF	Jaime Yzaga	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1991	R16	Jim Courier	4-6 6-0 6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Pat Cash	7-6(6) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1991	R64	Eduardo Masso	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Dimitri Poliakov	6-1 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data