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Ivan Lendl beat Stefan Edberg 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-3 in the US Open semi-final, 1986 on hard court Lendl would go onto defend his title, beating Miloslav Mecir in the final. He would win the title the following year also. This was Edberg’s first semi-final at a hard court Slam Lendl won 113 points...

Ivan Lendl beat Johan Kriek 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 in the French Open semi-final, 1986 on clay Lendl would go onto win his second title at the event, beating Mikael Pernfors in the final. This would be Kriek’s best showing at the event Lendl won 84 points, Kriek 41 Kriek serve-volleyed off about...

Ivan Lendl beat Yannick Noah 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1990 on hard court Lendl would go onto win defend his title, beating Stefan Edberg in the final. This would be Noah’s only Slam semi-final showing outside his title run at French Open 1983 Lendl won 86 points, Noah...

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Ivan Lendl beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-3, 6-4 in the Tokyo Indoor quarter-final, 1992 on carpet Lendl would go onto win the title, beating Henrik Holm in the final. The two had recently met at Wimbledon where Ivaniseivc had won. This was the last time the two played, with Lendl leading the...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-2 in the Year End Championship semi-final, 1990 on carpet in Frankfurt, Germany Edberg would go onto lose the final to Andre Agassi. He was the defending champion and had topped his round robin group with 3-0 record. Lendl had finished second in his with 2-1...

Ivan Lendl beat Wally Masur 6-1, 6-2 in the Canada semi-final, 1992 on hard court in Toronto Lendl would go onto lose the final to Andre Agassi. Masur was seeded 10 Lendl won 61 points, Masur 39 Masur serve-volleyed off most first serves and about a third of seconds Serve Stats Lendl... -...

Miloslav Mecir beat Ivan Lendl 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 in the Miami final, 1987 on hard court The tournament had a full 128 man draw, 7 rounds, all matches best of 5 sets. This would be Mecir’s only win over Lendl in 6 meetings Mecir won 109 points, Lendl 89 Serve Stats Mecir... - 1st serve percentage...

Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in the US Open second round, 1992 on hard court Lendl would go onto lose in the quarter-final to eventual champion Stefan Edberg. This was the fifth and last time the two players met at the event. This was the 40-year old Connors’ last Slam match...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 7-6(0), 6-2, 7-6(2) in the Australian Open quarter-final, 1989 on hard court Lendl would go onto win the title, beating Miloslav Mecir in the final. McEnroe was playing in the event for the first time since 1985. This would be the pair’s last Slam meeting Lendl won...

Ivan Lendl beat Mats Wilander 6-0, 6-4 in the Tokyo Indoor final, 1985 on carpet It was Lendl’s second title at the event. He had recently won the US Open and would shortly after win the Masters (Year End Championship). Earlier in the year, the two had met in the French Open final, with...

Michael Chang beat Ivan Lendl 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the French Open fourth round, 1989 on clay Chang would go onto win the title, beating Stefan Edberg in the final. He became and to date remains the youngest Slam winner. Lendl was the top seed Chang won 156 points (including a point...

Nole over Fed, vs Fed over Lendl.:unsure: Most Nolefams are still in disbelief, even after someone pointed out 'The Emperor's New Clothes' on Fed. When will people realize that tennis careers can be inflated, and understand how and why? Career vs Top5 T5 Weight vs Top10 T10 Weight vs T11+...

Ivan Lendl beat Pete Sampras 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Philadelphia final, 1991 on carpet It was Lendl’s second and last title at the event. Sampras was 19 years old and the defending champion Lendl won 147 points, Sampras 137 Sampras serve-volleyed of all first serves (Note: I’m...

David Wheaton beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 in the Wimbledon third round, 1991 on grass The unseeded Wheaton would go onto lose to Boris Becker in the semi-final. He’d been runner-up at Queen’s Club in the lead to this event. Lendl was seeded third this was the first time he’d failed to...

Ivan Lendl beat Magnus Gustafsson 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 in the Stockholm final, 1989 on carpet Lendl was the top seed and this would be his only title at the event. Gustafsson was unseeded and defeated Mats Wilander and Andre Agassi among others en route to the final Lendl won 98 points, Gustafsson 67...

Ivan Lendl beat Mikael Pernfors 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 1986 on clay It was Lendl’s second title at the event and he would go onto defend the title following year. He’d be runner-up at Wimbledon and champion at US Open in the other Slams of the year. This would be the unseeded...

Ivan Lendl beat Michael Stich 7-5, 6-3 in the Memphis final, 1991 on indoor hard court Lendl had been runner-up at the Australian Open not long ago and had won tournament in Philadelphia just before. Stich was the defending champion and would go onto win Wimbledon later in the year Lendl won...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 in the Tokyo Indoor final, 1987 on carpet It was #2 ranked Edberg’s first title at the event.#1 ranked Lendl was a former 2 time champion and would go onto win 3 more afterwards. Lendl had lost 12 games in his 4 matches leading into the final...

Jimmy Connors beat Ivan Lendl 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in the Tokyo Indoor final, 1984 on carpet Connors wouldn’t win another title for 4 years and Lendl was the defending champion. The result took the head-to-head to 13-5 in Connors’ favour. He would lose the pair’s remaining 17 matches to end the...

Bjorn Borg beat Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the Masters (Year End Championship) final, 1980 on carpet in New York, USA Borg was the defending champion and this was his second and last title at the event. Lendl was playing the first of what would turn out to be 9 straight finals. Both players...

Ivan Lendl beat Andres Gomez 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 in the French Open quarter-final, 1987 on clay Lendl was the defending champion and would go onto win the title, beating Mats Wilander in the final. Gomez would go onto win the title in 1990. It was the 4th time the pair had met at the event, with...

Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-1 in the Masters (Year End Championship) semi-final, 1982 on carpet in New York, USA Lendl, the defending champion, would go onto win the title, beating John McEnroe in the final. The two had met at the most recent US Open final, with Connors winning Lendl...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 7-6(5), 7-5 in the Masters (Year End Championship) semi-final, 1989 on carpet in New York, USA Edberg would go onto win the title for the only time, beating Boris Becker in the final. Lendl had reached the final for the last 9 years. This was the last edition of...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-1, 7-6(2), 6-3 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1990 on grass Edberg would go onto win the title, beating Boris Becker in the final. Lendl had recently won the Queen’s Club title and this would be the last of his 7 semi-finals showing at the event Edberg won 101...

Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 in the Wimbledon final, 1986 on grass Becker was 18 years old, the defending champion and this was his second title at the event. Lendl was playing his first final Becker won 94 points, Lendl 85 Both players serve-volleyed off all serves Serve Stats...

Mats Wilander beat Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1985 on clay It was Wilander's second title at the event. Lendl had been the defending champion and reached the final without loss of set. The two had met twice recently on clay leading into the event, with Lendl...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1983 on grass McEnroe would go onto win the title, beating Chris Lewis in the final. It Lendl's first semi at event. He would finish runner-up on grass at the Australian later in the year McEnroe won 106...

Pat Cash beat Ivan Lendl 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-5 in the Wimbledon final, 1987 on grass It would turn out to be Cash's sole Slam title and Lendl's second and last Wimbledon final. The two had met in the semis at the Australian Open on grass earlier in the year, with Cash having won Cash won 120...

Jimmy Connors beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1984 on grass Connors would go onto lose to John McEnroe in what would turn out to be his last Slam final. Lendl had recently won his first Slam at the French Open. The two had met at the previous years US Open...