Ivan Lendl #1 def. Stefan Edberg #3

4-6 7-6 5-2 (ret.)

The match ended when Stefan Edberg retired.

Ivan Lendl defeated Stefan Edberg 4-6 7-6 5-2 RET after Stefan Edberg retired in the 1990 Australian Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 29, 1990*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1990
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	Stefan Edberg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Jan 19, 1966
Age	29	24
Height	188 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	3,030	2,357
Elo (entering)	2,255	2,187
Current career W-L	1,045–227	748–248
Current career earnings	$21,262,417	$20,630,941

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl #1 9 – 6 Stefan Edberg #3

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yannick Noah #13	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1990	SF
Andrei Cherkasov #89	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1990	QF
Simon Youl #146	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1990	R16
Karel Novacek #61	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1990	R32
Tomas Carbonell #62	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1990	R64
Jim Pugh #59	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1990	R128

Ivan Lendl's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Stefan Edberg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mats Wilander #15	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1990	SF
David Wheaton #46	7-5 7-6 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1990	QF
Jonas Svensson #42	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1990	R16
Paul Chamberlin #49	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1990	R32
Patrik Kuhnen #117	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1990	R64
Johan Anderson #101	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1990	R128