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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, 6-4 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...

Ivan Lendl beat Martin Jaite 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in the Monte Carlo final, 1988 on clay It was Lendl's second title at the event. Jaite was ranked 15th at the time Lendl won 144 points, Jaite 129 (assuming game that cuts off at deuce lasted 2 more points) [Note: I'm missing 4...

Bjorn Borg beat Ivan Lendl 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in the French Open final, 1981 on clay It was Borg's 4th title in a row at the event, his 6th overall and would turn out to be his last Slam title and participation at the French Open. Lendl was playing his first Slam final Borg won...

Ivan Lendl beat Miloslav Mecir 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 in the US Open final, 1986 on hard court Lendl was the defending champion and he would go onto win the title the following year also. Mecir was playing his first Slam final. The two would meet again in the '89 Australian Open final with...

Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) in the US Open final, 1989 on hard court It would turn out to be Becker's sole title and final at the event. Lendl was playing what would turn out to be the last of his 8 consecutive finals at the event. Becker had recently won...

Ivan Lendl beat Miloslav Mecir 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in the Australian Open final, 1989 on hard court It was Lendl's first title at the event and he would go onto defend the title the follow year. The two players had previously played the US Open final in 1986 with Lendl winning Lendl won 90 points...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open semi-final, 1991 on hard court Edberg would go onto beat Jim Courier in the final to win his first US Open title. This would turn out to be Lendl's last Slam semi. Earlier in the year, the two had met at same stage at Australian...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-1, 7-5, 6-0 in the Tokyo Outdoor final, 1991 on hard court Edberg was ranked #1, Lendl #3. The two had met earlier in year at Australian Open semi (Lendl winning) and would go onto again later in the year at the US Open semi (Edberg would win) . Edberg was...

Pete Sampras beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the Cincinnati final, 1992 on hard court It was Sampras' first Masters equivalent level title. Lendl had reached the final recently at Canadian Open Sampras won 83 points, Lendl 75 Sampras serve-volleyed off all but 3 first serves (Note: 1...

Yannick Noah beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 7-5 in the Forest Hills semi-final, 1986 on green clay Noah would go onto beat Guillermo Vilas in the final to win the title. Lendl was the defending champion and would go onto win the French Open shortly afterwards. The result saw the head-to-head go...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 9-7 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1985 on grass Edberg would go onto beat double defending champion Mats Wilander in the final to win his first Slam title. Lendl had recently won the US Open and was the world #1 Edberg won 209...

Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl 7-5, 6-7(2), 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1989 on grass Becker would go onto beat Stefan Edberg in the final for his third Wimbledon title. It was the third time in 4 years Becker had bested Lendl at the event (also '86 final and '88 semi) and...

Ivan Lendl beat Stefan Edberg 4-6, 7-6(3), 5-2 retired in the Australian Open final, 1990 on hard court Lendl was the world number 1, defending champion and this would turn out to be his last Slam title. Edberg would win his second Wimbledon later in the year and finish the year ranked...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(6) in the US Open semi-final, 1982 on hard court Lendl would go onto lose the final to Jimmy Connors. The win was Lendl's 6th in a row over McEnroe - and he would win their next as well - and saw him make the final of the event for the first time...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-5 in the WCT Finals semi-final, 1989 on carpet in Dallas, USA McEnroe would go onto beat Brad Gilbert to win his record extending 5th title at the event, which was in its final year. He and Lendl had previously contested the finals in...

Ivan Lendl beat Boris Becker 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open fourth round, 1992 on hard court It was Lendl's only win over Becker at a Slam, having lost the previous 5 (including in the US Open final '89). He would go onto lose to eventual champion Stefan Edberg in the...

Ivan Lendl beat Stefan Edberg 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1991 on hard court Lendl, the defending champion and world number 3, would go onto lose the final to Boris Becker in what would turn out to be his last Slam final. Edberg was the world number 1...

Jimmy Connors beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the US Open final, 1982 on hard court It was Connors' Open Era record 4th title at the event and he would go onto add a 5th the following year, a mark that has yet to be passed. He had recently won Wimbledon. Lendl was playing the first of...

Ivan Lendl beat Andre Agassi 6-2, 6-3 in the Forest Hills semi-final, 1989 on green clay Lendl, the world number 1, would go onto win the event, beating Jaime Yzaga in the final. He would lose a total of 19 games in 5 matches (10 sets) in winning the tournament. Agassi was 19 years old...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 in the French Open final, 1984 on clay It was Lendl's first Slam title in his fifth final. McEnroe had been unbeaten in the year going into the match and this would turn out to be his only final at the event Lendl won 157 points...