Lendl v Edberg
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst11–4
Ivan Lendl takes it, 11–4 on categories
Lendl wins on grand slam titles. Edberg’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Lendl 1,284 matches, Edberg 1,021 matches.
- Lendl has 8 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Edberg’s 6 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Lendl has 93 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Edberg’s 44 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Lendl averages 6.7 aces a match to Edberg’s 2.9 — 2.3 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Lendl’s team won 82%, Edberg’s team won 75% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.193 total · best 1Titlesper game0.144 total · best 1
- 0.08 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
- 56.1First serve in %61.7
- 75.9First-serve points won %72.9
- 59.7Break points saved %61.6
- 40.1Return points won %41.4
Head to head
1327 matches
since 198414
since 198414
- Hard · 14 matchesLendl 6Edberg 8
- Carpet · 10 matchesLendl 6Edberg 4
- Grass · 3 matchesLendl 1Edberg 2
- Grand Slams · 9 matchesLendl 4Edberg 5
- Finals · 7 matchesLendl 4Edberg 3
Last meetings
- 31 Aug 1992 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardEdberg won 6-3 6-3 3-6 5-7 7-6(3)
- 17 Aug 1992 · New Haven · Semifinal · HardEdberg won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3
- 13 Jan 1992 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardEdberg won 4-6 7-5 6-1 6-7(5) 6-1
- 26 Aug 1991 · US Open · Semifinal · HardEdberg won 6-3 6-3 6-4
- 19 Aug 1991 · Long Island · Final · HardLendl won 6-3 6-2
- 8 Apr 1991 · Tokyo Outdoor · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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