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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...

Mats Wilander beat Yannick Noah 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open quarter-final, 1987 on clay Wilander would go onto lose in the final to Ivan Lendl. It was the third and last time the two met at the event, Noah having won the final in ‘83, Wilander a 5 set quarter-final in ‘84 Wilander won 94...

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...

Yannick Noah beat Mats Wilander 6-2, 7-5, 7-6(3) in the French Open final, 1983 on clay It would turn out to be Noah's only Slam title and he dropped just 1 set in winning it. Wilander was 18 years old and the defending champion Noah won 113 points, Wilander 102 Noah serve-volleyed...

Stefan Edberg beat Yannick Noah 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) in the Year End Championship (Masters) round robins, 1986 on carpet in New York, USA Edberg would advance to the semi-final, where he lost to Boris Becker. Noah was eliminated in the round robin stage, losing all 3 matches Edberg had...

Stefan Edberg beat Yannick Noah 6-1, 6-0 in the Memphis Indoor final, 1985 on carpet Edberg was 19 and this was his second career title. He had beaten defending champion Jimmy Connors in the semi-final and would go on to win the Australian Open at the end of the year Edberg won 63 points, Noah...

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...

Mats Wilander (Sweden) beat Yannick Noah (France) 2-6, 13-11, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in a Davis Cup semi-final rubber, 1988 on clay in Bastad, Swedan Sweden would go onto lose the final to West Germany, with Wilander losing in the first singles rubber Noah serve-volleyed off virtually all his first...