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Stefan Edberg #3 def. Jimmy Connors #14

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date Oct 8, 1989*
Tournament Basel
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundSF
Winner Stefan Edberg
Score6-1 7-5
Loser Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldStefan EdbergJimmy Connors
Country SWE USA
Birth dateJan 19, 1966Sep 2, 1952
Age2337
Height188177
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)314
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0811,926
Career W-L744–2461,262–294
Career earnings$20,630,941$8,641,040
Pre-match H2H
Stefan Edberg 3 6 Jimmy Connors

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 8, 1989QF Olivier Delaitre 7-6 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 7, 1989R16 Alexander Volkov 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data
Oct 6, 1989R32 Andrei Cherkasov 3-6 7-6 6-1WH2HMatch data

Stefan Edberg's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 1989F Jim Courier 6-7 6-3 6-2 0-6 5-7LH2HMatch data

Jimmy Connors's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 8, 1989QF Omar Camporese 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Oct 7, 1989R16 Jan Gunnarsson 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 6, 1989R32 Michael Tauson 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data