SF Australian Open 1987

Stefan Edberg #5 def. Wally Masur #71

6-2 6-4 7-6

Stefan Edberg defeated Wally Masur 6-2 6-4 7-6 in the 1987 Australian Open semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 25, 1987*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1987
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Wally Masur
Country	SWE	AUS
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	May 13, 1963
Age	21	23
Height	188 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	71
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,150	1,850
Current career W-L	748–248	313–268
Current career earnings	$20,630,941	$3,134,718

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg #5 1 – 0 Wally Masur #71

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Miloslav Mecir #9	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1987	QF
Robert Seguso #27	6-1 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1987	R16
John Frawley	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data	Jan 18, 1987	R32
John Letts #368	3-6 6-1 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1987	R64

Stefan Edberg's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pat Cash #13	6-3 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1987	F

Wally Masur's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kelly Evernden #298	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1987	QF
Boris Becker #2	4-6 7-6 6-4 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1987	R16
Christo Van Rensburg	6-3 1-6 7-5 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1987	R32
Kelly Jones #164	6-7 6-2 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1987	R64
John Sadri #129	6-3 6-7 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 1987	R128