WTA Australian Open 1990 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Steffi Graf won the 1990 Australian Open, defeating Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 15 to January 29, 1990.

Champion
Steffi Graf
def. Mary Joe Fernandez , 6-3 6-4
Dates
Jan 15 — Jan 29
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 29, 1990* F Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-4 Mary Joe Fernandez #11 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 28, 1990* SF Mary Joe Fernandez #11 6-2 6-1 Claudia Porwik #63 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1990* SF Steffi Graf #1 6-3 3-6 6-4 Helena Sukova #9 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 26, 1990* QF Helena Sukova #9 6-4 6-3 Katerina Maleeva #14 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1990* QF Claudia Porwik #63 6-4 6-3 Angelica Gavaldon #196 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1990* QF Steffi Graf #1 6-3 7-5 Patty Fendick #41 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1990* QF Mary Joe Fernandez #11 1-6 6-2 8-6 Zina Garrison #4 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-3 Raffaella Reggi Concato H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Zina Garrison #4 6-2 2-0 (ret.) Catherine Tanvier #84 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Helena Sukova #9 6-4 6-3 Kimiko Date Krumm H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Katerina Maleeva #14 3-6 6-4 6-1 Rachel Mcquillan #51 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Angelica Gavaldon #196 6-3 1-6 6-2 Gigi Fernandez #24 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Patty Fendick #41 7-5 6-2 Barbara Paulus #20 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Claudia Porwik #63 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 Dianne Van Rensburg H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1990* R16 Mary Joe Fernandez #11 6-4 6-2 Donna Faber #58 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Claudia Porwik #81 2-6 0-1 (ret.) Gabriela Sabatini #3 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Katerina Maleeva #15 6-0 6-4 Nicole Jagerman #79 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Raffaella Reggi Concato 7-5 4-6 6-4 Anke Huber #165 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Barbara Paulus #27 6-4 6-3 Liz Smylie #67 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Mary Joe Fernandez #12 6-0 3-6 6-0 Julie Halard-Decugis #112 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Dianne Van Rensburg 6-4 6-2 Sandra Wasserman #70 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Donna Faber #59 6-3 6-4 Rosalyn Fairbank #23 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Gigi Fernandez #24 7-6(6) 6-3 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Steffi Graf #1 6-4 6-1 Leila Meskhi #30 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Patty Fendick #34 1-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Jana Novotna #11 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Angelica Gavaldon #192 6-1 1-6 6-1 Hana Mandlikova #13 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Helena Sukova #9 6-3 4-6 6-3 Sarah Loosemore #288 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Kimiko Date Krumm 6-4 6-3 Pam Shriver #19 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Zina Garrison #4 5-7 6-3 6-4 Isabelle Demongeot #47 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Rachel Mcquillan #54 6-2 7-6(4) Helen Kelesi #14 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1990* R32 Catherine Tanvier #83 7-6(7) 6-0 Sabine Appelmans #142 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Gabriela Sabatini #3 6-1 6-1 Manon Bollegraf #38 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Helena Sukova #9 6-2 6-0 Natalia Medvedeva #69 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Zina Garrison #4 6-2 6-0 Petra Thoren #166 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Liz Smylie #67 6-2 6-4 Beate Reinstadler #172 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Gigi Fernandez #24 6-4 7-6(4) Jana Pospisilova #76 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Kimiko Date Krumm 7-5 7-6(7) Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #99 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Hana Mandlikova #13 7-6(6) 6-3 Cammy Macgregor #96 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Helen Kelesi #14 6-2 6-4 Silke Meier #147 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Julie Halard-Decugis #112 7-6(4) 6-2 Ann Henricksson #58 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Sandra Wasserman #70 7-5 6-1 Natasha Zvereva #18 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Sarah Loosemore #288 6-3 6-3 Elena Pampoulova H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Nicole Jagerman #79 6-1 6-2 Kaoru Okamoto #116 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-4 6-4 Jo Durie #119 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Katerina Maleeva #15 6-3 6-2 Kate Mcdonald #323 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Sabine Appelmans #142 6-2 6-3 Nicole Pratt #378 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #12 6-4 6-4 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Isabelle Demongeot #47 6-4 6-1 Maya Kidowaki #134 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Dianne Van Rensburg 6-0 6-4 Halle Cioffi #49 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Rachel Mcquillan #54 6-3 6-0 Kirrily Sharpe #470 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Patty Fendick #34 7-5 6-2 Audra Keller #156 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Barbara Paulus #27 7-6(1) 4-6 6-0 Nana Smith #104 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Leila Meskhi #30 2-6 6-1 6-3 Cecilia Dahlman #94 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Claudia Porwik #81 6-3 7-6(4) Judith Wiesner #31 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Steffi Graf #1 6-1 6-2 Erika De Lone #298 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Donna Faber #59 6-1 6-3 Andrea Leand #151 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Angelica Gavaldon #192 6-4 4-6 7-5 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Pam Shriver #19 1-6 6-2 9-7 Nicole Bradtke #68 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Rosalyn Fairbank #23 7-6(3) 6-4 Carin Bakkum H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Tami Whitlinger Jones 7-5 6-3 Terry Phelps #45 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Jana Novotna #11 6-1 6-1 Andrea Temesvari #42 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Catherine Tanvier #83 6-4 6-4 Etsuko Inoue #63 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1990* R64 Anke Huber #165 6-2 6-0 Elise Burgin #62 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Helena Sukova #9 6-4 6-3 Tracey Morton Rodgers H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Zina Garrison #4 6-1 6-2 Akiko Kijimuta #61 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Patty Fendick #34 6-1 6-3 Akemi Nishiya H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Liz Smylie #67 6-3 7-5 Jill Hetherington #123 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Elise Burgin #62 2-6 7-6(7) 6-3 Shaun Stafford #50 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Judith Wiesner #31 7-5 6-2 Sabrina Goles #109 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Helen Kelesi #14 6-2 6-3 Wiltrud Probst #91 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Julie Halard-Decugis #112 7-5 6-2 Ann Devries #146 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Andrea Leand #151 6-2 4-6 6-4 Dianne Fromholtz #153 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Jana Novotna #11 6-7(5) 6-0 6-0 Stacey Martin H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Nicole Bradtke #68 7-5 7-6(5) Eva Maria Schurhoff H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Steffi Graf #1 6-2 7-5 Carrie Cunningham #85 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Gabriela Sabatini #3 7-5 6-1 Amy Frazier #32 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Erika De Lone #298 6-4 7-5 Louise Stacey H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Gigi Fernandez #24 6-3 6-4 Karine Quentrec #65 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Kate Mcdonald #323 6-4 6-4 Louise Allen H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #99 6-4 6-3 Martina Pawlik H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Manon Bollegraf #38 6-2 6-3 Ann Grossman #57 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Nana Smith #104 7-5 6-4 Radomira Zrubakova #33 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Cecilia Dahlman #94 7-6(5) 6-1 Kimberly Kessaris H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-1 6-0 Justine Hodder H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Elena Pampoulova 4-6 6-4 6-2 Kristin Godridge #182 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Petra Thoren #166 3-6 6-3 6-1 Tine Scheuer Larsen H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Leila Meskhi #30 6-4 6-4 Laura Golarsa #53 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Beate Reinstadler #172 6-1 6-2 Ronni Reis #100 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Sabine Appelmans #142 6-1 6-0 Sara Gomer #130 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Barbara Paulus #27 6-3 6-1 Regina Rajchrtova #44 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Natasha Zvereva #18 6-7(3) 7-5 7-5 Nathalie Herreman #141 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Jana Pospisilova #76 6-4 6-1 Emanuela Zardo #140 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 6-4 3-6 6-4 Robin White #86 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Claudia Porwik #81 6-4 6-1 Celine Cohen H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Rachel Mcquillan #54 6-1 6-2 Federica Bonsignori #137 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Cammy Macgregor #96 6-4 6-2 Clare Wood #183 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Kirrily Sharpe #470 7-5 3-6 6-3 Louise Field #102 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Angelica Gavaldon #192 6-3 6-3 Laxmi Poruri #167 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Nicole Pratt #378 6-1 6-7(6) 10-8 Heather Ludloff #171 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Silke Meier #147 6-4 6-2 Jill Smoller H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Ann Henricksson #58 4-6 6-4 6-4 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Tami Whitlinger Jones 6-1 6-2 Catherine Suire #143 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Natalia Medvedeva #69 6-4 7-5 Lise Gregory H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-4 7-5 Karin Kschwendt #180 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Carin Bakkum 6-3 6-2 Kristine Kunce #164 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Kaoru Okamoto #116 6-4 2-6 6-1 Maureen Drake #162 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Katerina Maleeva #15 6-2 6-1 Lori Mcneil #36 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Jo Durie #119 7-5 7-6(4) Pascale Paradis Mangon H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Pam Shriver #19 6-3 6-4 Eva Sviglerova #132 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Isabelle Demongeot #47 4-6 6-2 6-2 Katrina Adams #82 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Audra Keller #156 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Steffi Menning H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Terry Phelps #45 6-4 6-3 Janine Tremelling #117 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Halle Cioffi #49 7-5 6-4 Csilla Cserepy #170 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Rosalyn Fairbank #23 6-3 6-3 Camille Benjamin #89 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Dianne Van Rensburg 6-0 6-0 Petra Schwarz #152 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Andrea Temesvari #42 0-6 6-3 6-2 Rennae Stubbs #200 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Nicole Jagerman #79 6-4 7-6(3) Claudia Kohde Kilsch #37 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Sandra Wasserman #70 7-6(5) 0-6 6-3 Petra Langrova #74 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Catherine Tanvier #83 4-6 6-1 12-10 Larisa Savchenko #21 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Sarah Loosemore #288 6-3 7-5 Jo Anne Faull H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Donna Faber #59 6-3 6-0 Eva Pfaff #106 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Anke Huber #165 6-1 6-1 Maider Laval #179 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Etsuko Inoue #63 6-3 7-6(5) Beverly Bowes #97 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Maya Kidowaki #134 7-5 6-2 Eva Krapl #125 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #12 6-1 6-3 Michelle Jaggard Lai H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Hana Mandlikova #13 4-6 6-2 6-3 Anne Minter #35 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1990* R128 Kimiko Date Krumm 6-3 7-6(5) Pascale Etchemendy #133 H2H Match data

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