match report

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...

Greg Rusedski beat Pete Sampras 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Paris final, 1998 on carpet It would be Rusedski’s only Masters title. Sampras was the defending champion Rusedski won 99 points, Sampras 80 Rusedski serve-volleyed off most first serves and rarely off seconds, Sampras off all first...

Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in a Davis Cup play-offs round rubber, 2006 on indoor hard court in Geneva, Switzerland The winner of the match would qualify for the world group the following year, the loser moved to the zonal group. Earlier...

Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Shanghai final, 2024 on hard court This was Sinner’s first title at the event. He’d recently won the US Open. Djokovic was a four time former champion and looking for a 100th career title Sinner won 65 points, Djokovic 60 Serve Stats...

Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1982 on grass It was Connors’ second and last title at the event and his first Slam title since 1978. He would go onto win the upcoming US Open also. McEnroe was the defending champion. The two had recently...

Jannik Sinner beat Frances Tiafoe 7-6(4), 6-2 in the Cincinnati final, 2024 on hard court Sinner would go onto win the US Open shortly after. This was the unseeded Tiafoe’s first Masters final Sinner won 81 points, Tiafoe 61 Serve Stats Sinner... - 1st serve percentage (33/58) 57% - 1st serve...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-1, 4-1 retired in the Wimbledon semi-final, 2007 on grass Nadal would go onto lose the final to Roger Federer for second year in a row. This was Djokovic’s first semi-final showing a the event. Nadal had recently won the French Open, beating Djokovic en...

Alex Zverev (Germany) beat Karen Khachanov (Russia) 6-3, 6-1 in the Olympic Games final, 2021 on hard court in Tokyo, Japan Zverev was the fourth seed, Khachanov the twelfth. Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain), who Khachanov had beaten in the semi-final, would win the Bronze medal by beating Novak...

Novak Djokovic beat Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the Wimbledon semi-final, 2023 on grass Djokovic, who had won the last 4 editions of the event, would go onto lose the final to Carlos Alcaraz. This was Sinner’s first Slam semi-final. The two had met in the quarter-final the previous year...

Jannik Sinner beat Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open final, 2024 on hard court It was Sinner’s first Slam title and Medvedev’s third runner-up finish at the event, including losing from 2 sets up in 2022 also Sinner won 142 points, Medvedev 141 Serve Stats...

Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in the US Open final, 2024 on hard court It was Sinner’s first title at the event and second Slam, following the Australian Open earlier in the year. He was the top seed and had won Cincinnati in the lead in to the event. Fritz was playing his first...

Dominic Thiem beat Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6) in the US Open final, 2020 on hard court It would turn out to be Thiem’s only Slam title from his fourth final. Earlier in the year, he had lost a five set final at Australian Open. Zverev was playing his first Slam final Thiem won...

Carlos Alcaraz beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3 in the US Open final, 2022 on hard court It was the 19-year old Alcaraz’ maiden Slam title and he would finish the year ranked #1. Ruud had been runner-up at the French Open earlier in the year. Earlier in the year, the two had contested the...

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...

Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the French Open final, 2019 on clay It was a repeat of previous years final, which Nadal also won. This was Nadal’s 12th title at the event, third in a row and he would go onto win the next one also. This was Thiem’s second and last final at...

Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 6-4, 6-4 , 6-1 in a Davis Cup first round rubber, 2009 on clay in Benidorm, Spain The result won the tie for Spain 3-1 and they would go onto win 4-1. They would go onto win the event, beating the Czech Republic in the final. Spain were the...

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 7-6(3), 7-6(2) in the Olympic Games final, 2024 on clay in Paris, France It was Djokovic’s first title at the event. He had previously won the bronze medal in 2008. Alcaraz, who was playing the event for the first time, had recently won...

Mats Wilander beat Andre Agassi 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in the French Open semi-final, 1988 on clay Wilander would go onto win the title, beating Henri Leconte in the final. It would be his third and last title at the event. He’d won Australian Open earlier in the year and would go onto win US...

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Rafael Nadal (Spain) 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic Games second round (round of 32), 2024 on clay in Paris, France Djokovic would go onto win the title, beating Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) in the final. Nadal had previously won the title in 2008 in Beijing, China on hard...

Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open final, 2024 on clay It was Alcaraz’ first title at the event and third Slam title. Zverev was looking for his first Slam title from his second final. He’d beaten 14 time former champion and now unseeded Rafael Nadal...

Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-4 in the French Open final, 2009 on clay The win completed Federer’s career Grand Slam, tied the then record of 14 Slam titles and would turn out to be his only title at the event. He had been runner-up the previous 3 years and would go onto...

Jimmy Connors beat Miloslav Mecir 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the Miami semi-final, 1988 on hard court The second seeded Connors would go onto lose the final to top seed and recently crowned Australian Open champion Mats Wilander. Mecir, the defending champion, was seeded third. The tournament...

Pete Sampras beat Petr Korda 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-7(1), 6-4 in the Wimbledon fourth round, 1997 on grass Sampras would go onto to win the title, beating Cedric Pioline in the final. It’d be his fourth title at the event and he would go onto win the next 3 also. The two would meet again at the...

Petr Korda beat Pete Sampras 3-6, 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(10), 13-11 in the Grand Slam Cup semi-final, 1993 on carpet in Munich, Germany The unseeded Korda would go onto win the title, beating Michael Stich in the final. Top seed Sampras had recently lost the final of the Year End Championship to...

David Wheaton beat Andre Agassi 6-2, 0-6, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the Wimbledon quarter-final, 1991 on grass Wheaton would go onto lose to Boris Becker in the next round. This would be his sole Slam semi showing. Agassi would win the title the following year Wheaton won 133 points, Agassi 130...

Stefan Edberg (Sweden) beat Alexander Volkov (Russia) 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(2), 0-6, 8-6 in a Davis Cup final rubber, 1994 on indoor carpet in Moscow, Russia The result gave Sweden a 1-0 lead in the match, which they would go onto win 4-1 to win the event. Edberg would go onto lose the dead fourth...

Andre Agassi beat Christian Saceanu 7-6(1), 6-1, 7-6(0) in the Wimbledon fourth round, 1992 on grass Agassi would go onto win the event for the only time, beating Goran Ivanisevic in the final. It would be his maiden Slam title. Saceanu was a qualifier who’d won both his career titles on grass...