Ivan Lendl #1 def. Mats Wilander #2

6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4

Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander 6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4 in the 1987 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 15, 1987*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1987
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Aug 22, 1964
Age	27	23
Height	188 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,355	2,186
Current career W-L	1,045–227	526–203
Current career earnings	$21,262,417	$7,956,101

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl #1 9 – 5 Mats Wilander #2

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors #5	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 1987	SF
John McEnroe #9	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1987	QF
Anders Jarryd #18	6-2 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1987	R16
Jim Pugh #67	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1987	R32
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #78	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1987	R64
Barry Moir #122	6-0 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1987	R128

Ivan Lendl's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mats Wilander's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Edberg #3	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 1987	SF
Miloslav Mecir #5	6-3 6-7 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1987	QF
Ken Flach #187	6-3 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1987	R16
Libor Pimek #100	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1987	R32
Johan Carlsson #108	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1987	R64
John Ross	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data	Sep 3, 1987	R128