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Steffi Graf#1 def. Mary Joe Fernandez#11

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1990*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Steffi Graf
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Mary Joe Fernandez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Mary Joe Fernandez
Country	GER	—
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	Aug 19, 1971
Age	20	18
Height	176	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	300	72
Elo (entering)	2,587	2,026
Career W-L	866–109	409–192
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$5,258,471

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf 3 – 0 Mary Joe Fernandez

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1990	SF	Helena Sukova	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1990	QF	Patty Fendick	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1990	R16	Raffaella Reggi Concato	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1990	R32	Leila Meskhi	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1990	R64	Erika De Lone	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1990	R128	Carrie Cunningham	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mary Joe Fernandez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1990	SF	Claudia Porwik	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1990	QF	Zina Garrison	1-6 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1990	R16	Donna Faber	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1990	R32	Julie Halard-Decugis	6-0 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1990	R64	Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1990	R128	Michelle Jaggard Lai	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data