WTA Australian Open 1989 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Steffi Graf won the 1989 Australian Open, defeating Helena Sukova 6-4 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 16 to January 30, 1989.

Champion
Steffi Graf
def. Helena Sukova , 6-4 6-4
Dates
Jan 16 — Jan 30
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 30, 1989* F Steffi Graf #1 6-4 6-4 Helena Sukova #6 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 29, 1989* SF Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-0 Gabriela Sabatini #4 H2H Match data
Jan 29, 1989* SF Helena Sukova #6 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2 Belinda Cordwell H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 27, 1989* QF Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-3 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #12 H2H Match data
Jan 27, 1989* QF Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-4 2-6 6-4 Zina Garrison #9 H2H Match data
Jan 27, 1989* QF Belinda Cordwell 6-2 2-6 6-1 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan H2H Match data
Jan 27, 1989* QF Helena Sukova #6 6-2 3-6 9-7 Martina Navratilova #2 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-0 4-6 6-1 Raffaella Reggi Concato H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Belinda Cordwell 6-3 6-2 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #36 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Steffi Graf #1 6-4 6-0 Nicole Bradtke #32 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Helena Sukova #6 7-5 6-4 Catherine Tanvier #61 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Zina Garrison #9 7-5 6-1 Cammy Macgregor #183 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Martina Navratilova #2 6-4 6-1 Hana Mandlikova #20 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #12 6-3 6-3 Donna Faber #131 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1989* R16 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 7-5 6-2 Judith Wiesner #33 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Zina Garrison #9 6-0 6-0 Kimberly Kessaris H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Steffi Graf #1 6-0 6-1 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #12 6-3 3-6 6-2 Andrea Farley #247 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-0 6-0 Camille Benjamin #88 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Cammy Macgregor #183 5-7 7-5 6-4 Elise Burgin #112 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Martina Navratilova #2 6-2 6-2 Jana Novotna #45 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #36 6-4 6-2 Michelle Jaggard Lai H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Catherine Tanvier #61 6-2 6-3 Mary Joe Fernandez #14 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Nicole Bradtke #32 3-6 6-4 6-3 Amy Frazier #56 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Donna Faber #131 6-2 6-1 Nathalie Guerree Spitzer H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Belinda Cordwell 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1 Andrea Temesvari #193 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-2 6-2 Jo Durie #63 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 0-6 6-4 8-6 Pam Shriver #5 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Helena Sukova #6 6-2 6-1 Lisa Oneill H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Hana Mandlikova #20 3-6 6-3 9-7 Manon Bollegraf #151 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1989* R32 Judith Wiesner #33 6-4 6-4 Ronni Reis #101 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Cammy Macgregor #183 2-6 6-0 6-2 Rennae Stubbs #351 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Andrea Temesvari #193 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Kathrin Keil H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Nicole Bradtke #32 6-4 6-3 Jill Hetherington #90 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Elise Burgin #112 6-4 6-4 Louise Field #138 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Steffi Graf #1 6-0 6-0 Rene Simpson #95 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-0 6-4 Christina Singer #167 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Martina Navratilova #2 6-4 7-6(7) Jenny Byrne #70 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 2-6 6-4 6-2 Akemi Nishiya H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Zina Garrison #9 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 Sandra Wasserman #60 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Jo Durie #63 7-6(6) 6-3 Nathalie Herreman #79 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Donna Faber #131 7-5 6-3 Claudia Porwik #77 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 0-6 6-2 6-3 Lea Antonoplis #136 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #14 6-4 7-6(1) Ann Grossman #49 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Catherine Tanvier #61 6-3 4-6 6-2 Pilar Vasquez #168 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #12 2-6 6-1 6-1 Maria Christine Damas H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Hana Mandlikova #20 4-6 6-1 6-4 Eva Pfaff #73 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Helena Sukova #6 7-5 6-3 Heather Ludloff #143 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Jana Novotna #45 6-2 6-2 Carrie Cunningham #117 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Andrea Farley #247 6-1 3-6 6-1 Petra Langrova #100 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Amy Frazier #56 6-3 6-3 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #36 6-4 3-6 6-1 Anne Minter #24 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Nathalie Guerree Spitzer 6-1 6-1 Yukie Koizumi H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Ronni Reis #101 6-4 7-6(4) Patty Fendick #22 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Camille Benjamin #88 6-3 6-4 Dianne Van Rensburg H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Michelle Jaggard Lai 6-4 3-6 10-8 Federica Bonsignori #105 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Manon Bollegraf #151 6-7(6) 6-2 6-3 Katrina Adams #104 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Kimberly Kessaris 6-3 3-6 6-4 Maria Strandlund Tomsvik H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Lisa Oneill 6-2 7-6(4) Eva Krapl #106 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Judith Wiesner #33 6-1 6-2 Emmanuelle Derly H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Belinda Cordwell 3-6 6-3 12-10 Beverly Bowes #65 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Gabriela Sabatini #4 3-6 6-1 6-2 Conchita Martínez #43 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1989* R64 Pam Shriver #5 1-6 6-3 6-4 Sarah Loosemore #164 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Eva Pfaff #73 6-3 6-1 Sybille Niox Chateau H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Anne Minter #24 2-6 6-0 7-5 Etsuko Inoue #52 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Heather Ludloff #143 6-4 2-6 6-4 Karine Quentrec #157 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-2 7-6(3) Louise Stacey H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Nathalie Guerree Spitzer 7-5 6-4 Sally Mccann H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Nathalie Herreman #79 7-5 7-5 Wendy Turnbull #148 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Kimberly Kessaris 6-1 6-4 Tamaka Takagi H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Martina Navratilova #2 6-0 6-1 Andrea Betzner #191 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Belinda Cordwell 6-3 6-3 Barbara Potter #10 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Sarah Loosemore #164 6-2 1-6 6-3 Nicole Jagerman #71 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Maria Strandlund Tomsvik 2-6 7-5 6-4 Ann Devries #98 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Lisa Oneill 6-2 6-4 Iwona Kuczynska H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Dianne Van Rensburg 4-6 7-5 6-1 Anna Ivan H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Nicole Bradtke #32 6-4 6-2 Jo Anne Faull H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Akemi Nishiya 3-0 (ret.) Martina Pawlik H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-1 Kerry-Anne Guse H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Andrea Farley #247 6-3 6-3 Jennifer Santrock #121 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Andrea Temesvari #193 6-1 6-1 Jennifer Fuchs H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Kathrin Keil 6-0 6-7(4) 6-4 Kathy Horvath #83 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Camille Benjamin #88 6-2 6-4 Monique Javer #80 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Eva Krapl #106 7-6(4) 6-1 Ann Henricksson #72 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Cammy Macgregor #183 6-4 7-6(7) Karin Kschwendt #200 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-2 7-6(3) Jane Taylor H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Rene Simpson #95 4-6 6-1 6-0 Cathy Caverzasio #110 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Helena Sukova #6 7-5 6-0 Julie Richardson #107 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #12 4-6 6-1 6-3 Celine Cohen H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Donna Faber #131 6-1 6-0 Carin Bakkum H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Catherine Tanvier #61 3-6 6-3 6-2 Leigh Anne Eldredge H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Jill Hetherington #90 7-6(2) 6-1 Hester Witvoet H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Carrie Cunningham #117 6-4 6-3 Dianne Fromholtz #55 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Lea Antonoplis #136 6-2 2-6 6-1 Carol Christian H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Beverly Bowes #65 1-6 6-4 6-4 Laura Golarsa #74 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Pilar Vasquez #168 6-4 4-6 6-1 Hellas Ter Riet H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Conchita Martínez #43 6-0 6-2 Eva Sviglerova #195 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Jo Durie #63 6-2 6-4 Louise Allen H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Petra Langrova #100 6-2 7-6(4) Veronika Martinek #118 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Ann Grossman #49 3-6 6-3 6-4 Sabine Krein Auer H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Ronni Reis #101 2-6 6-4 6-2 Gisele Miro H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Manon Bollegraf #151 6-3 6-3 Julie Halard-Decugis #89 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 6-1 6-3 Beth Herr #91 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Maria Christine Damas 6-0 6-0 Jonna Jonerup H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Jenny Byrne #70 6-0 6-2 Simone Schilder H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Claudia Porwik #77 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2 Sandy Collins H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Sandra Wasserman #60 6-4 6-4 Laxmi Poruri #188 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Louise Field #138 2-6 6-4 6-3 Liz Smylie #144 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #14 6-1 4-6 6-1 Terry Phelps #42 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-0 6-1 Cecilia Dahlman #161 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Zina Garrison #9 6-1 6-3 Maria Lindstrom H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Federica Bonsignori #105 7-6(5) 7-5 Silke Meier #108 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #36 6-4 6-3 Iva Budarova #102 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-3 6-2 Gretchen Magers #39 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Jana Novotna #45 7-5 7-5 Jeri Ingram #196 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Michelle Jaggard Lai 6-4 2-6 7-5 Renata Baranski H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Hana Mandlikova #20 4-6 6-2 6-3 Clare Wood #128 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Yukie Koizumi 6-1 4-6 6-4 Lori Mcneil #13 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Katrina Adams #104 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5 Wiltrud Probst #84 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Elise Burgin #112 6-3 6-1 Sylvia Hanika #16 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Pam Shriver #5 6-4 6-1 Rachel Mcquillan #156 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Judith Wiesner #33 6-3 6-3 Sandrine Jaquet H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Emmanuelle Derly 6-4 6-1 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Patty Fendick #22 4-6 6-4 6-3 Halle Cioffi #48 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Amy Frazier #56 6-2 6-4 Masako Yanagi #129 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Rennae Stubbs #351 6-2 6-4 Elizabeth Minter #125 H2H Match data
Jan 18, 1989* R128 Christina Singer #167 2-6 6-3 6-0 Michelle Bowrey H2H Match data

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