Mats Wilander beat Pat Cash 6-3, 6-7(3), 3-6, 6-1, 8-6 in the Australian Open final, 1988 on hard court
With the win, Wilander set a then record of 3 Open Era Australian Open titles - and remains the only man to win the title on both grass and hard courts. He would go onto win 2 more Slams to become the first player to win 3 in a year in 14 years and it wouldn't be another 16 years since the feat was done again
Wilander won 175 points, Cash 156
Cash serve-volleyed off all his first serves and the majority of seconds. Wilander did so about half the time off first serve
Serve Stats
Wilander...
- 1st serve percentage (116/153) 76%
- 1st serve points won (83/116) 72%
- 2nd serve points won (20/37) 54%
- Aces 2, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 2
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (40/153) 26%
Cash...
- 1st serve percentage (106/178) 60%
- 1st serve points won (72/106) 68%
- 2nd serve points won (34/72) 47%
- Aces 7 (1 second serve), 3 Service Winners
- Double Faults 9
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (44/178) 25%
Serve Patterns
Wilander served...
- to FH 60%
- to BH 39%
- to Body 1%
Cash served....
- to FH 36%
- to BH 57%
- to Body 7%
Return Stats
Wilander made...
- 125 (47 FH, 78 BH), including 4 runaround FHs and 3 return-approaches
- 7 Winners (5 FH, 2 BH)
- 34 Errors, comprising...
- 1 Unforced (1 BH)
- 33 Forced (16 FH, 17 BH)
- Return Rate (125/169) 74%
Cash made...
- 111 (72 FH, 39 BH), including 2 runaround FHs and 22 return-approaches
- 2 Winners (2 BH)
- 37 Errors, comprising...
- 10 Unforced (6 FH, 4 BH), including 1 runaround FH attempt
- 27 Forced (14 FH, 13 BH)
- Return Rate (111/151) 74%
Break Points
Wilander 8/21 (11 games)
Cash 4/11 (6 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Wilander 40 (15 FH, 11 BH, 4 FHV, 6 BHV, 3 OH, 1 BHOH)
Cash 59 (5 FH, 9 BH, 18 FHV, 18 BHV, 7 OH, 2 BHOH)
Wilander had 7 returns, all passes (5 FH, 2 BH)
- FHs - 1 cc and 4 dtl
- BHs - 1 cc and 1 inside-out
- 18 other passes (10 FH, 8 BH)
- FHs - 3 cc, 4 dtl and 3 inside-out
- BHs - 1 cc, 4 dtl, 3 inside-out
-1 non-pass groundstroke - a BH dtl
- 8 from serve volley points
- 4 first volleys (2 FHV, 2 BHV)
- 4 second volleys (2 BHV, 1 OH, 1 BHOH)
Cash had 33 from serve-volley points
- 14 first 'volleys' (6 FHV, 7 BHV, 1 FH at net)
- 16 second volleys (2 FHV, 6 BHV, 7 OH, 1 BHOH)
- 2 third volleys (1 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 1 fourth volley (1 BHV)
- 15 passes (4 FH, 9 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV)
- FHs - 3 cc (1 net-to-net) and 1 inside-out
- BHs - 1 cc, 6 dtl (2 returns) and 2 lobs
- FHV was net-to-net
- BHV was played from closer to baseline than service line and not a net point
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Wilander 51
- 9 Unforced (4 FH, 2 BH, 3 FHV)
- 42 Forced (15 FH, 19 BH, 2 FHV, 3 BHV, 2 BH1/2V, 1 BHOH)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
Cash 86
- 38 Unforced (9 FH, 11 BH, 8 FHV, 8 BHV, 2 OH)
- 48 Forced (12 FH, 13 BH, 5 FHV, 2 FH1/2V, 12 BHV, 2 BH1/2, 1 OH, 1 Other)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
(Note 3: Cash's 'other' FE was an over-the-shoulder-back-to-net attempt to retrieve a lob)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Wilander was...
- 50/79 (63%) at net, including...
- 30/42 (71%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 28/38 (74%) off 1st serve and...
- 2/4 off second serve
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- 1/3 return-approaching
- 1/1 forced back
Cash was...
- 116/186 (62%) at net, including...
- 89/139 (64%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 64/97 (66%) off 1st serve and...
- 25/42 (60%) off second serve
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- 13/22 (59%) return-approaching
- 1/5 forced back
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With the win, Wilander set a then record of 3 Open Era Australian Open titles - and remains the only man to win the title on both grass and hard courts. He would go onto win 2 more Slams to become the first player to win 3 in a year in 14 years and it wouldn't be another 16 years since the feat was done again
Wilander won 175 points, Cash 156
Cash serve-volleyed off all his first serves and the majority of seconds. Wilander did so about half the time off first serve
Serve Stats
Wilander...
- 1st serve percentage (116/153) 76%
- 1st serve points won (83/116) 72%
- 2nd serve points won (20/37) 54%
- Aces 2, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 2
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (40/153) 26%
Cash...
- 1st serve percentage (106/178) 60%
- 1st serve points won (72/106) 68%
- 2nd serve points won (34/72) 47%
- Aces 7 (1 second serve), 3 Service Winners
- Double Faults 9
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (44/178) 25%
Serve Patterns
Wilander served...
- to FH 60%
- to BH 39%
- to Body 1%
Cash served....
- to FH 36%
- to BH 57%
- to Body 7%
Return Stats
Wilander made...
- 125 (47 FH, 78 BH), including 4 runaround FHs and 3 return-approaches
- 7 Winners (5 FH, 2 BH)
- 34 Errors, comprising...
- 1 Unforced (1 BH)
- 33 Forced (16 FH, 17 BH)
- Return Rate (125/169) 74%
Cash made...
- 111 (72 FH, 39 BH), including 2 runaround FHs and 22 return-approaches
- 2 Winners (2 BH)
- 37 Errors, comprising...
- 10 Unforced (6 FH, 4 BH), including 1 runaround FH attempt
- 27 Forced (14 FH, 13 BH)
- Return Rate (111/151) 74%
Break Points
Wilander 8/21 (11 games)
Cash 4/11 (6 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Wilander 40 (15 FH, 11 BH, 4 FHV, 6 BHV, 3 OH, 1 BHOH)
Cash 59 (5 FH, 9 BH, 18 FHV, 18 BHV, 7 OH, 2 BHOH)
Wilander had 7 returns, all passes (5 FH, 2 BH)
- FHs - 1 cc and 4 dtl
- BHs - 1 cc and 1 inside-out
- 18 other passes (10 FH, 8 BH)
- FHs - 3 cc, 4 dtl and 3 inside-out
- BHs - 1 cc, 4 dtl, 3 inside-out
-1 non-pass groundstroke - a BH dtl
- 8 from serve volley points
- 4 first volleys (2 FHV, 2 BHV)
- 4 second volleys (2 BHV, 1 OH, 1 BHOH)
Cash had 33 from serve-volley points
- 14 first 'volleys' (6 FHV, 7 BHV, 1 FH at net)
- 16 second volleys (2 FHV, 6 BHV, 7 OH, 1 BHOH)
- 2 third volleys (1 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 1 fourth volley (1 BHV)
- 15 passes (4 FH, 9 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV)
- FHs - 3 cc (1 net-to-net) and 1 inside-out
- BHs - 1 cc, 6 dtl (2 returns) and 2 lobs
- FHV was net-to-net
- BHV was played from closer to baseline than service line and not a net point
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Wilander 51
- 9 Unforced (4 FH, 2 BH, 3 FHV)
- 42 Forced (15 FH, 19 BH, 2 FHV, 3 BHV, 2 BH1/2V, 1 BHOH)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
Cash 86
- 38 Unforced (9 FH, 11 BH, 8 FHV, 8 BHV, 2 OH)
- 48 Forced (12 FH, 13 BH, 5 FHV, 2 FH1/2V, 12 BHV, 2 BH1/2, 1 OH, 1 Other)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
(Note 3: Cash's 'other' FE was an over-the-shoulder-back-to-net attempt to retrieve a lob)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Wilander was...
- 50/79 (63%) at net, including...
- 30/42 (71%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 28/38 (74%) off 1st serve and...
- 2/4 off second serve
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- 1/3 return-approaching
- 1/1 forced back
Cash was...
- 116/186 (62%) at net, including...
- 89/139 (64%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 64/97 (66%) off 1st serve and...
- 25/42 (60%) off second serve
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- 13/22 (59%) return-approaching
- 1/5 forced back
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