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Ivan Lendl v Stefan Edberg: stats compared | Lineball
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
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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6.71,666 total · best 28Acesper game2.91,348 total · best 14
14.418,491 total · best 36Games wonper game14.414,652 total · best 32
41.9Break points converted %43.5
75.5Sets won %69.7
59.6Games won %56.8
0.1145 total · best 1Finalsper game0.180 total · best 1
2.02,516 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.81,868 total · best 3
0.6815 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.8814 total · best 3
9.812,517 total · best 32Games lostper game · lower is better10.911,150 total · best 32
0.3399 total · best 4Tiebreaksper game0.4403 total · best 3
Edberg won 6-1 7-5 6-0
14 Jan 1991 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardLendl won 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4
12 Nov 1990 · ATP Tour World Championship · Semifinal · CarpetEdberg won 6-4 6-2
8 Oct 1990 · Tokyo Indoor · Semifinal · CarpetLendl won 7-5 6-3
1 Oct 1990 · Sydney Indoor · Semifinal · HardEdberg won 3-6 7-6 6-3