match report

Jimmy Connors beat Yannick Noah 6-2, 6-7(7), 6-3 in the La Quinta final, 1984 on hard court Connors was the reigning US Open champion, Noah was the reigning French Open champion Connors won 102 points, Noah 85 (Note: I've semi-guessed a service point from Connors was a first serve and its...

Bjorn Borg beat Guillermo Vilas 6-1, 6-2 in the Suntory Cup Invitational final, 1982 on carpet in Tokyo, Japan Borg had previously won this 4-man invitational event in 1978. He had just begun his unofficial retirement from official tournaments earlier in the year Borg won 53 points, Vilas 30...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 1984 on clay McEnroe would go onto lose the final to Ivan Lendl. He had been unbeaten in the year to date and this is the only time he reached the final at the event McEnroe won 102 points, Connors 72 McEnroe...

Ivan Lendl beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-7(5), 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4 in the Masters (Year End Championship/ World Tour Finals) final, 1981 on carpet in New York, USA It was the first of 5 titles for Lendl at the event and the second consecutive final in what would turn out to be a record 9...

Boris Becker beat Derrick Rostagno 1-6, 6-7(1), 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-3 in the US Open second round, 1989 on hard court Becker, the reigning Wimbledon champion, would go onto win the event for the only time, beating Ivan Lendl in the final Becker won 174 points, Rostagno 166 Rostagno serve-volleyed...

Stefan Edberg beat Sergi Bruguera 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in the Madrid final, 1993 on clay This was Edberg's 3rd and last career title on clay and his only title for the year. Bruguera would go onto win the French Open shortly afterwards Edberg won 101 points, Bruguera 74 Edberg serve-volleyed off all...

Andre Agassi beat Pat Rafter 7-5, 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 in the Australian Open semi-final, 2001 on hard court Agassi, the defending champion, would go onto retain the title by beating Arnaud Clement in the final Agassi won 161 points, Rafter 140 Rafter serve-volleyed of all but 2 first serves...

Roger Federer beat Marat Safin 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 in the Halle final, 2005 on grass It was Federer's 3rd title at the venue (all in succession) and he would go onto win Wimbledon for the 3rd time in a row after it. Safin was the reigning Australian Open champion, having beaten Federer in the semi...

Rafael Nadal beat Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2010 on clay It was Nadal's 5th title at the venue, having previously won in 2005-08. His only loss had come to Soderling the previous year in the 4th round. For Soderling, it was his second successive runner-up finish...

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 6-7(7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in the US Open semi-final, 2011 on hard court Djokovic would go onto beat Rafael Nadal in the final to claim his first US Open title and 3rd Slam of the year Djokovic won 161 points, Federer 143 Serve Stats Djokovic... - 1st serve...

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-4 in the Australian Open semi-final, 2011 on hard court Djokovic would go onto beat Andy Murray to win his second Slam and the first of 3 in the year. He would remain unbeaten until the French Open semi-final, where he would lose to Federer...

Ivan Lendl beat Boris Becker 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the Indianapolis semi-final, 1985 on green clay Lendl would go onto beat Andres Gomez in the final to lift the title. It was the first meeting between the two players and the first tournament for both after Wimbledon, where Becker had won his maiden...

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in the US Open semi-final, 2010 on hard court Djokovic would go onto lose the final to Rafael Nadal, while the result denied Federer a 7th consecutive final at the event Djokovic won 163 points, Federer 148 Serve Stats Djokovic... -...

Roger Federer beat Novak Djokovic 7-6(3), 7-5, 7-5 in the US Open semi-final, 2009 on hard court Federer would go onto lose the final to Juan Martin del Potro, missing out on a 6th consecutive title. For Djokovic, it was the third year in a row he had lost to Federer (finals in 2007, semis in...

Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 the Year End Championship (World Tour Finals) semi-finals, 1994 on carpet in Frankfurt, Germany Sampras would go onto win the event, beating Boris Becker in the final for his second title. Sampras was ranked number 1, Agassi 2 Sampras won 100...

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 13-12(3) in the Wimbledon final, 2019 on grass Djokovic was the defending champion and this win gave him his 5th title at the venue. It was also his 4th Slam off the last 5 played. Federer was playing in a record extending 12th final...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-2 in the Antwerp Indoors Invitational final, 1985 on hard court It was Lendl's third title in year years at the event, which allowed him to permanently keep the trophy - a golden racquet studded with 1,400 diamonds worth 1 million dollars. Lendl...

Pete Sampras beat Yevgeny Kakelnikov 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 the Year End Championship (World Tour Finals) final, 1997 on indoor hard court in Hanover, Germany Sampras was the defending champion and this was his 4th title at the event. He finished year end world number 1 for the then record equalling 5th...

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 2014 on grass It was Djokovic's 2nd Wimbledon title while Federer had been aiming for a record breaking 8th title and playing in a record extending 9th final Djokovic won 186 points, Federer 180 Serve...

John McEnroe beat Boris Becker 6-3, 6-4 in the Antwerp Indoors Invitational semi-final, 1985 on hard court It was the second meeting between the two players and the first since Becker became a Wimbledon champion. McEnroe would go on to lose the final to Ivan Lendl McEnroe won 63 points, Becker...

Pat Rafter beat Andre Agassi 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in Wimbledon semi-final, 2000 on grass Rafter would go onto lose the final to Pete Sampras. The players had met at the same stage the previous year (Agassi win) and would do so again the following year (Rafter win) Rafter won 162 points...

Boris Becker beat Michael Chang 7-6(3), 6-0, 7-6(5) in the Year End Championship final, 1995 on carpet in Frankfurt, Germany It was Becker's third and last title at the event. He would also beat Chang at the next Australian Open final for his last Slam title Becker won 112 points, Chang 87...

Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 2019 on grass This was the pairs 4th meeting at the venue and first in 11 years. Federer had won finals in 2006 and 2007, Nadal had won in 2008. This result saw Federer extend his Wimbledon final reaching record...

Pete Sampras beat Boris Becker 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 the Year End Championship (World Tour Finals) final, 1994 on carpet in Frankfurt, Germany This was Sampras' second title at the event, capping a year in which he won a career best 10 tournaments, including Australian Open and Wimbledon. Becker...

Boris Becker beat John McEnroe 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(8) in the Stratton Mountain semi-final, 1986 on hard court Becker had recently won his second Wimbledon title and would go onto lose the final to Ivan Lendl. McEnroe, the defending champion, was playing his first tournament of the season after a...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6(5) in the Madrid final, 2010 on clay The win gave Nadal a record breaking 18 Masters 1000 title. He had recently won Monte Carlo and Rome and became the first player to win 3 consecutive Masters titles and remains the only player to sweep the 3 clay...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 7-5, 6-3 in the Canadian Open final, 1985 on hard court in Montreal McEnroe had also beaten Lendl to win the Stratton Mountain title a tournament ago. The two would meet once more at the US Open final, where Lendl would triumph McEnroe won 75 points, Lendl 62...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3 in the Canadian Open semi-final, 1985 on hard court in Montreal McEnroe was the defending champion and would go onto beat Ivan Lendl in the final. Connors was ranked 4th at the time McEnroe won 62 points, Connors 39 McEnroe serve-volleyed off all but 1...

Pete Sampras beat Boris Becker 7-6(5), 7-6(3) in a Year End Championship (World Tour Finals) round robin match, 1992 on carpet in Frankfurt, Germany Sampras was the defending champion and would win 3/3 in the round robins but lose in the semis to Jim Courier, his final opponent the previous...

Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 in the Stratton Mountain semi-final, 1985 on hard court Lendl would go onto lose the final to John McEnroe, but win the US Open over the same opponent in the final Lendl won 83 points, Connors 69 (Note: I'm missing 1 Lendl service point won by...