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Stefan Edberg #3 def. John McEnroe #8

7-5 7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1989*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	7-5 7-6 7-6
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	John McEnroe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Feb 16, 1959
Age	23	30
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,113	2,169
Career W-L	744–246	833–189
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 2 – 7 John McEnroe

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1989	QF	Tim Mayotte	7-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1989	R16	Amos Mansdorf	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1989	R32	Scott Davis	6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1989	R64	Todd Woodbridge	6-4 6-4 1-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1989	R128	Chris Pridham	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1989	F	Boris Becker	0-6 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1989	QF	Mats Wilander	7-6 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1989	R16	John Fitzgerald	6-3 0-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1989	R32	Jim Pugh	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1989	R64	Richey Reneberg	6-3 3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1989	R128	Darren Cahill	4-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data