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Pat Cash #24 def. Ivan Lendl #1

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1987*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Pat Cash
Score	7-6 5-7 7-6 6-4
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pat Cash	Ivan Lendl
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 27, 1965	Mar 7, 1960
Age	21	26
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,947	2,362
Career W-L	210–134	1,051–229
Career earnings	$1,950,345	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Pat Cash 0 – 4 Ivan Lendl

Path

Pat Cash's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1987	QF	Yannick Noah	6-4 6-2 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1987	R16	Paul Annacone	6-4 6-1 6-7 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1987	R32	Ben Testerman	6-3 6-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1987	R64	Claudio Pistolesi	7-5 2-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pat Cash's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1987	F	Stefan Edberg	3-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1987	QF	Anders Jarryd	7-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1987	R16	Dan Goldie	2-6 6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1987	R32	Matt Anger	6-4 6-2 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1987	R64	Danny Saltz	6-4 3-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data