Mats Wilander #1 def. Ivan Lendl #2

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

Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 1988 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 12, 1988*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1988
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	Mats Wilander	Ivan Lendl
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Aug 22, 1964	Mar 7, 1960
Age	24	28
Height	183 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,201	2,284
Current career W-L	526–203	1,045–227
Current career earnings	$7,956,101	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Mats Wilander #1 5 – 11 Ivan Lendl #2

Path

Mats Wilander's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Darren Cahill #33	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1988	SF
Emilio Sanchez #21	3-6 7-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1988	QF
Mark Woodforde #36	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1988	R16
Mikael Pernfors #34	6-4 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1988	R32
Kevin Curren #22	3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1988	R64
Greg Holmes #159	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1988	R128

Mats Wilander's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #4	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1988	SF
Derrick Rostagno #52	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1988	QF
Jakob Hlasek #25	6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1988	R16
Scott Davis #192	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1988	R32
Jay Berger #35	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1988	R64
Amos Mansdorf #24	6-2 6-7 6-1 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1988	R128