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Mats Wilander #1 def. Ivan Lendl #2

6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1988*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Mats Wilander
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mats Wilander	Ivan Lendl
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Aug 22, 1964	Mar 7, 1960
Age	24	28
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,200	2,282
Career W-L	526–203	1,051–229
Career earnings	$7,956,101	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Mats Wilander 5 – 13 Ivan Lendl

Path

Mats Wilander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1988	SF	Darren Cahill	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1988	QF	Emilio Sanchez	3-6 7-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1988	R16	Mark Woodforde	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1988	R32	Mikael Pernfors	6-4 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1988	R64	Kevin Curren	3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1988	R128	Greg Holmes	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mats Wilander's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1988	SF	Andre Agassi	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1988	QF	Derrick Rostagno	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1988	R16	Jakob Hlasek	6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1988	R32	Scott Davis	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1988	R64	Jay Berger	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1988	R128	Amos Mansdorf	6-2 6-7 6-1 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data