1990 Australian Open – Men's Singles

1990 Australian Open
1989 champion   Ivan Lendl
Champion   Ivan Lendl
Runner-up   Stefan Edberg
Final score   4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–2 retired
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
Other events
Legends    men      mixed
WC Singles    men    women    quad
WC Doubles    men    women    quad
Main article: 1990 Australian Open

Ivan Lendl was the defending champion, and retained his title defeating Stefan Edberg 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–2, in the final – leading in the third set when Edberg was forced to retire because of a torn stomach muscle injury. The Swede's retirement marked the first time since the 1911 Wimbledon Championships that a male player abandoned during the title match.[1]

Contents

Seeds

  1. Ivan Lendl (Champion)
  2. Boris Becker (Quarterfinals)
  3. Stefan Edberg (Final, retired because a torn muscle injury)[1]
  4. John McEnroe (Fourth Round, defaulted for unsportsmanlike conduct)[2]
  5. Aaron Krickstein (Fourth Round)
  6. Tim Mayotte (First Round)
  7. Emilio Sánchez (First Round)
  8. Mats Wilander (Semifinals)
  1. Andrés Gómez (Fourth Round)
  2. Carl-Uwe Steeb (First Round)
  3. Andrei Chesnokov (Second Round)
  4. Yannick Noah (Semifinals)
  5. Sergi Bruguera (Second Round)
  6. Jim Courier (Second Round)
  7. Thomas Muster (Third Round)
  8. Miloslav Mečíř (Fourth Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                                   
  1   Ivan Lendl 6 6 6      
  Andrei Cherkasov 3 2 3      
  1   Ivan Lendl 6 6 6      
  12   Yannick Noah 4 1 2      
  Mikael Pernfors 3 5 2    
  12   Yannick Noah 6 7 6      
    1   Ivan Lendl 4 77 5    
  3   Stefan Edberg 6 63 2r    
    David Wheaton 5 64 6 2    
3   Stefan Edberg 7 77 3 6    
3   Stefan Edberg 6 6 6    
  8   Mats Wilander 1 1 2      
8   Mats Wilander 6 6 6    
  2   Boris Becker 4 4 2      

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
1   I Lendl 6 6 6      
  J Pugh 3 2 4         1   I Lendl 6 6 6      
  T Carbonell 6 7 6         T Carbonell 4 2 3      
Q   C Suk 4 5 3           1   I Lendl 6 3 6 6    
  K Nováček 6 6 2 6           K Nováček 4 6 4 1    
Q   M Brown 3 1 6 2         K Nováček 6 6 4 6  
  É Winogradsky 6 7 6         É Winogradsky 4 1 6 3    
  T Wilkison 2 6 3           1   I Lendl 6 6 6    
WC   S Youl 4 7 6 6         WC   S Youl 1 3 1    
  M Laurendeau 6 6 2 2       WC   S Youl 6 7 6      
Q   C Pioline 7 3 4 7 3   WC   B Drewett 4 6 0      
WC   B Drewett 6 6 6 5 6       WC   S Youl 3 6 6 6  
  C van Rensburg 6 5 7 6         15   T Muster 6 4 3 2    
  J Potier 2 7 5 3         C van Rensburg 6 5 5 6 6
Q   P Vojtischek 3 2 4       15   T Muster 1 7 7 2 8  
15   T Muster 6 6 6      

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
9   AGómez 4 6 1 6 6  
  D Cahill 6 3 6 2 3     9   A Gómez 6 3 6 6    
  T Witsken 4 1 4         B Orešar 4 6 3 2    
  B Orešar 6 6 6           9   A Gómez 6 6 3 7    
  M Stich 6 6 6             M Stich 4 3 6 6    
Q   P Doohan 3 2 2           M Stich 6 6 2    
  J Bates 7 1 4 2       L Lavalle 4 4 0r      
  L Lavalle 6 6 6 6         9   A Gómez 6 3 6 6  
  A Cherkasov 6 4 4 6 6         A Cherkasov 2 6 7 7  
Q   S Matsuoka 2 6 6 0 2       A Cherkasov 6 5 7 6    
  G Layendecker 6 7 6         G Layendecker 4 7 5 0    
  T Benhabiles 2 6 3             A Cherkasov 6 6 7    
  J Brown 3 3 1             J-P Fleurian 4 4 5      
  A Volkov 6 6 6           A Volkov 4 6 5 6 2
  J-P Fleurian 6 6 6         J-P Fleurian 6 1 7 2 6  
7   E Sánchez 2 4 4      

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
4   J McEnroe 6 6 6      
  T Tulasne 2 1 1         4   J McEnroe 6 6 6      
  A Mansdorf 6 4 4 7 3     A Antonitsch 1 2 1      
  A Antonitsch 4 6 6 6 6       4   J McEnroe 6 6 6      
  N Pereira 6 7 4 6           D Goldie 3 2 2      
Q   C Pridham 4 6 6 3         N Pereira 2 4 3    
  D Goldie 6 6 6         D Goldie 6 6 6      
WC   D Patten 3 4 4           4   J McEnroe 6 4 7 2d  
  P Korda 7 6 6             M Pernfors 1 6 5 4  
  J Hlasek 6 0 3           P Korda 2 6 3 4    
  H Leconte 6 4 7 6       H Leconte 6 4 6 6    
  F Roig 1 6 5 4           H Leconte 4 1 3    
  M Pernfors 6 6 6             M Pernfors 6 6 6      
  S Živojinović 2 1 2           M Pernfors 6 6 1 6  
  L Shiras 1 4 3       13   S Bruguera 4 3 6 4    
13   S Bruguera 6 6 6      

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
12   Y Noah 4 7 6 4 7  
  G Prpić 6 6 2 6 5     12   Y Noah 7 6 6      
  R Reneberg 2 4 6 1       R Agénor 6 3 3      
  R Agénor 6 6 3 6         12   Y Noah 6 6 6      
  P Aldrich 2 4 2             G Bloom 3 3 3      
  C Bergström 6 6 6           C Bergström 6 7 2 4 2
  G Bloom 7 7 3 6       G Bloom 2 5 6 6 6  
  J Fitzgerald 6 6 6 2         12   Y Noah 6 6 3 6  
Q   N Broad 7 4 4 1           P Sampras 3 4 6 2  
  C Pistolesi 5 6 6 6         C Pistolesi 3 2 2      
  M Schapers 6 0 3 1       T Woodbridge 6 6 6      
  T Woodbridge 4 6 6 6           T Woodbridge 5 4 2    
  J Arrese 4 6 6 6           P Sampras 7 6 6      
Q   N Brown 6 4 1 3         J Arrese 6 2 6 1 3
  P Sampras 7 6 4 7 12     P Sampras 0 6 3 6 6  
6   T Mayotte 6 7 6 5 10  

Bottom Half

Section 5

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
5   A Krickstein 6 6 6 7    
Q   G Pozzi 4 7 4 5       5   A Krickstein 6 4 6 6    
  R Krishnan 4 7 6 5 6     R Krishnan 1 6 3 1    
  M Zoecke 6 5 4 7 1       5   A Krickstein 6 6 6 6    
  L-A Wahlgren 6 6 6             L-A Wahlgren 7 2 3 2    
  H de la Peña 3 1 3           L-A Wahlgren 4 7 7 6  
Q   A Vysand 3 6 3 1       J Woehrmann 6 5 5 3    
  J Woehrmann 6 2 6 6         5   A Krickstein 6 4 3    
  G Ivanišević 5 5 0             D Wheaton 7 6 6    
  D Wheaton 7 7 6           D Wheaton 6 6 3 6    
Q   M Larsson 6 6 6       Q   M Larsson 3 2 6 1    
  M Rosset 4 1 1             D Wheaton 6 4      
  M Woodforde 2 6 6 6           M Woodforde 3 5r        
  JF Altur 6 1 4 4         M Woodforde 6 6 7    
  M Kratzmann 6 7 6 3 2   11   A Chesnokov 3 2 5      
11   A Chesnokov 3 6 7 6 6  

Section 6

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
14   J Courier 6 6 6      
  J Arias 3 3 1         14   J Courier 6 2 3 2    
  J Svensson 6 7 7         J Svensson 2 6 6 6    
  T Hogstedt 2 5 5             J Svensson 6 7 3 4 6  
  M Gustafsson 2                 L Jonsson 4 5 6 6 2  
  N Kulti 2r               M Gustafsson 1 2 2    
  T Nijssen 3 2 6         L Jonsson 6 6 6      
  L Jonsson 6 6 7             J Svensson 2 2 4    
  J Gunnarsson 2 7 0 2         3   S Edberg 6 6 6    
Q   S Pescosolido 6 6 6 6       Q   S Pescosolido 7 5 3 4    
WC   S Barr 0 7 3 4       P Chamberlin 6 7 6 6    
  P Chamberlin 6 6 6 6           P Chamberlin 3 4 1    
  P Kühnen 6 6 2 7 6       3   S Edberg 6 6 6      
  N Kroon 3 7 6 6 2       P Kühnen 2 2 4    
  J Anderson 6 3 4       3   S Edberg 6 6 6      
3   S Edberg 7 6 6      

Section 7

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
8   M Wilander 7 7 7      
  R Fromberg 6 5 5         8   M Wilander 6 7 6      
WC   D Macpherson 3 7 6 1       M Wostenholme 2 5 3      
  M Wostenholme 6 5 7 6         8   M Wilander 6 5 6 1 6  
Q   N Odizor 6 7 6             W Masur 4 7 4 6 3  
WC   I Peter-budge 2 5 2         Q   N Odizor 6 7 3 1  
  W Masur 6 6 6         W Masur 7 6 6 6    
  E Jelen 2 1 2           8   M Wilander 7 6 6    
  A Rahunen 0 3 1             V Paloheimo 5 4 0    
  J Sánchez 6 6 6           J Sánchez 6 7 6      
  P Annacone 6 6 6 2 6     P Annacone 1 6 3      
  G Muller 3 4 7 6 3         J Sánchez 5 4 6 1  
  G Forget 2 6 6 6           V Paloheimo 7 6 3 6    
  G Connell 6 4 4 2         G Forget 4 6 3 3  
  V Paloheimo 5 6 0 6 6     V Paloheimo 6 3 6 6    
10   C-U Steeb 7 3 6 2 2  

Section 8

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
16   M Mečíř 6 6 7      
  M Koevermans 2 4 6         16   M Mečíř 2 6 6 6    
Q   L Nemecek 6 7 3 6       A Sznajder 6 1 0 2    
  A Sznajder 7 6 6 7         16   M Mečíř 6 6 6      
WC   N Borwick 6 6 6           Q   U Riglewski 4 2 0      
  K Evernden 3 1 1         WC   N Borwick 2 4 2    
Q   U Riglewski 6 6 2 6     Q   U Riglewski 6 6 6      
  P Canè 2 3 6 2         16   M Mečíř 6 7 4 1 1
  O Delaître 2 6 3 6 6       2   B Becker 4 6 6 6 6
  O Camporese 6 3 6 4 3       O Delaître 6 4 6 6    
  K Jones 6 5 2 6 6     K Jones 3 6 3 4    
  M Tauson 3 7 6 2 3         O Delaître 3 1 4    
  S Davis 6 6 6           2   B Becker 6 6 6      
WC   J Morgan 2 2 2           S Davis 3 6 6 2  
  P Haarhuis 1 2 1       2   B Becker 6 7 4 6    
2   B Becker 6 6 6      

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Lendl claims Australian title after Edberg injury". Associated Press (AP). The Tuscaloosa News. 1990-01-28. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WUkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2984,6798703&dq=edberg+injury&hl=en. Retrieved 2011-12-24. 
  2. ^ Neff, Craig (1990-01-29). "Booted Out Down Under". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc.. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123099/index.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-02.